>>1. You're doing a network installation and the runtime files will be on the workstations.
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>In which case you need them included in the install, which you're running on the workstations, or I don't understand what your saying.

No, you'd have two sets of install disks: One to put the EXE and data onto the network and another to put the runtime on the workstations.

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>>2. You're doing the 2nd (or later) installation of a series of VFP programs and know the user already has the runtime.
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>I can follow that logic, but you may as well overwrite them, mayn't you?

Of course you could - but if you're sending stuff on disks or via e-mail it sure is nice NOT to have those runtime libraries.

Barbara