>When you say to turn off Debug before I build the exe, does that mean just CLOSE DEBUGGER from the command window so it's not an active application while Foxpro builds, or do you mean I need to issue something similar in my MAIN.prg?

open your project.
select PROJECT from main foxpro menu
select PROJECT INFO
Select PROJECT TAB
Make sure DEBUG Check box is UNchecked

You can have debug available with an exe, but I would not recommend using it as you on error.

HTH
Jeff