>That'd be my guess, the registry. You might try searching it for a vfp runtime or 2, and see what you find on related keys for pathing, etc. Perhaps it will be fairly obvious.
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>I had a similar problem installing SP3 on one of my 3 machines, though the uninstall/reunstall fixed it. But that was 98SE, which handles the registry a little more smartly (IMO) - plus I used Norton Registry Clean in between installs, that sometimes helps, and might even have fixed it.

I hadn't thought of just scanning the registry for references to the runtime libraries for an errant reference but I will do that now. For that matter, I think I'll uninstall only the FoxPro part, then search for remaining references and try that.

All aside, this may be a good excuse for me to acquisition a new PC. It's about time .... but ugh, the makework agony.

Thanks for the idea.