>I have a colleague who claims he can run vfp5-created EXEs off a server just by copying the vfp500.dll and vfpenu.dll to the same server directory as the EXE (this is to be run by users with no prior vfp setup of any kind). It's my understanding that this should not be done, as it can cause trouble with Win 95 registry. Can someone explain this in more detail?

is he sure he hasn't installed a vfp5 system on his machine previously?