>>>The consensus seems to be that this quirk is something to do with my setup rather than vfp, so I'll troubleshoot it and possibly reinstall (again!)
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>>You might try deleting the foxuser.dbf first...it may not help, but it solves >some vfp configuration problems,
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>good idea, its solves a variety of weirdos...
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>>and is much easier than the re-install. If >that fails, then you should >probably uninstall before reinstalling to get the full fresh setup -- or maybe >you already know that...
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>yeah, been there, seen it done it and bought the tshirt! This will be my fourth complete deinstall/reinstall
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>they tell me the first 50 are the worst...
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>Cheers
>
>Harry


Are you working with (your own) menu ? It seems you're overiding all it's options, including Ctrl-F

Eylon