>From what I understand, Windows with then repair the install if one of the DLLs goes missing. Does each workstation keep these dlls or are these stored in a network location.

It can be either.

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>What I would like to see is if I put an EXE on our fileserver and a user clicks on it, Windows could figure out that it is a VFP6 (or VB or VC) exe and then install the runtime and all necessary DLL files needed for the app. And then if any new dlls come along (including VFP6 runtime DLLs), I can tell the app and the next time the user ran the exe it would do the upgrade.

With Win2K you can publish the setup from the server to the user's desktop and have them click on it to install. Then the same shortcut will run the app. If anything goes missing, it will tell the user and then install it.