This didn't help either.

>>Deleted BROWSER.DBF...error.
>>
>>Opened as table-pack...error.
>>
>This rings a faint bell... I seem to remember someone saying the renaming your FOXUSER.DBF/.FPT to something else, letting VFP rebuild it, might help.
>
>Rename rather than delete... if it doesn't work, at least you can get your old preferences back!