>Install the Windows Script Host - there's a self-installing freely-redistributable version available for download on the MSDN Scripting website - see the link in my sig
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>Thanks - I see this requires a restart - how would you fit something like this into a vfp app setup routine?

I've several segments to my installs; one reason I use InstallShield is to let me reboot during an install and continue by writing RunOnce keys into the registry as needed.

What I'd do in your case is have a manual process, just like I'd have if IE had to be installed on the machine, or an OS Service Patch, or MS Word. Sometimes it's easier to write a sheet of instructions to be followed, and just put all the pieces on the CD.