If your EXE was built in FPW than it won't run under Windows 3.1 because you cannot start Windows apps from the DOS prompt in Win31, however that is possible in Win95.
HTH
Sorin

>Batch file questions: Most of my clients are not very computer literate,
>and have a habit of doing the datafiles in. To solve this, I run FoxFix at
>startup.... but if all else fails, I have a little routine that copies the
>dbf,fpt and ?dx files to a backup directory (batch file), and then calls a
>little foxpro exe that clears out the files, and appends the info. The FP
>exe is actually part of the upgrade routine that I use so that I can change
>datafiles at will, and not have my customers going nuts with lost data.
>
>Anyway, the batch file works like a champ under WIN95, but it won't run the
>FP .exe under Win31.
>
>The lines look like this:
>
>ins_conv.exe .
>exit
>
>The period passes a parameter to the fp exe to use the file where it is
>located.
>
>Any idea's. This is making me NUTS.
>
>
>Adolph