>Ed Rauh suggested letting VFP's setup wizard rebuild the environment for a number of registry related reasons. I tried that but it didn't work. Man I'm stuck! If you get any other ideas, I'm all ears. ONE BIG EAR!

Hmmm, maybe you're WIndows System directory got changed by something, check out "How do I retrieve the Windows and System directories" FAQ#7806 to see what it is.