>I tried the _SCREEN.AutoCenter = .t. code but with no results. I am thinking maybe I put the code in the wrong place. Does it need to go somewhere special? TIA.

It needs to go where ever you want the main screen to be centered. Are you sure the code was even executed? If you try it from the command window it works immediately. Maybe it's a VFP version specific situation? It works fine in VFP6 with SP3.