>>Just use the setup wizard and be done with it. VFP6 allows you to build a "Web" executable, which is a single, compressed install file that contains everything you need.
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>I can appreciate that... Wish it were that easy. Will the setup wizard allow me to prompt for data directories and write that info and more to the registry?
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>Installshield does everything cleanly and looks very professional. This app is targeted at administration level folks and needs to be very simple and clean. Will I ever accomplish that look and feel with the setup wizard?
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There's a .DEP file which can be adapted to handle specifying runtime requirements, or you can simply bundle a Setup Wizard created runtime only install and fire it from an InstallShield script. Setup Wizard is not easily ciustomizable; OTOH, if you're loking to use IS Pro (as opposed to IS Express) and you aren't familiar with it, there's considerable learning curve involved to make best use of it.

>Does the setup wizard analyze the end user's system and decide which run-time files to install at install-time? If so, Installshield will never do that for me.

Setup Wizard makes determinations based on OS, current versions of components require by VFP's runtime, and will conditionally add shared components as needed. InstallShield can do that, but you have to write the code to manage the install process properly.