>>Andy -
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>>The FoxUser.dbf and FoxUser.fpt are created when the user first launches
>>VFP or a VFP app. I have noticed software on some users systems that automatically creates desktop icons when new programs are launched. I think it was shareware but can't recall.
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>>If the machine does not have VFP or some other software that registers a .dbf file type - or if they have the default Windows file icon selected for a .dbf file type in their Explorer you would see the icon you described.
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>>So, it may not be anything you are doing or failing to do.
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>Actually, it's -always- something the programmer has failed to do in this case; either turning off the use of the resource file entirely in CONFIG.FPW, or assigning a location for the resource files explicitly, avoids this; you can always assign a resource file and acctivate it in code in your app later. Using a launcher app that contains an embedded CONFIG.FPW, or written in something other than VFP, to make sure the VFP app starts in the proper context, and with the right CONFIG specified, helps considerably.

Ed-
Yep, I was too kind with the last line of that response, but had the good intention to point out the possible cause of the icon appearing on some desktops and not on others.