>Is there a way to run a form in an .exe without a startup .prg so that the form runs on the windows desktop and appears in the taskbar? The DESKTOP property is set to .T. and the SHOWWINDOW property is set to 2 ("As Top-Level Form") but it doesn't work unless I specify READ EVENTS in a startup program and call the form from that. Any ideas?

That's the way it's done. What's your problem with a .PRG?