>I've tried clear, clear all, clear program,clear procedure pretty much all the clear commands and release commands and even close all. It's on compilation, so the program is not suspended.
>It generally happens when a program crashes and I go debug/fix. then I make the changes and try to recompile.
>It's on an NT workstation, but I think it's happened to me on a win 95 machine too. - jack

I get it also in VFP 6 SP3, and it is a bug of the Debugger not letting go of the file handle. I have gotten in the habit of quiting VFP after going into the debugger.