>I have recently been receiving the error message 'Error Initializing Application Object' when ever VFP5, or a compiled VFP program, loads in Windows 98.

www.microsoft.com, click on search, choose Visual FoxPro. Typing in "Error Intializing Application Object" gets one result:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q163/7/85.asp?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0