I tried EVERYTHING with no avail.....

I finally figured out that the config.fpw file that was included in the application was trashed!!

I wasn't sure that this could be the cause, so I corrupted it again, and I got the same error...fixed it and it worked fine...I did this three or four times with the same results.

Does this make sense to everyone? If so why?

I also deleted the foxuser.dbf and foxuser.fpt files and let foxprow recreate them. could this have been the problem?