>>if the app or exe can see the forms, libraries in the path, it will try to run them instead of the copies built into the exe.

>I found 2 problems. The first was the app wizard created a file with an #INCLUDE FOXPRO.H, but the project manager did not see it so I had to manually add it to the project. The second was that it was looking for the app menu (DEMO.MPR, in my case), although I could find nowhere in the app that it called DEMO.MPR explicitly, it would not run with without it. I tried copying the compiled menu (DEMO.MPX) to the app's dir first with no luck...Any idea?

Larry, are you using an application object or a pre-made framework? Sounds like DEMO.MPR is called internally. Try including both the FOXPRO.H and the DEMO.MPR in your project manager so they will be built into the EXE (You've already done this for the FOXPRO.H, I see).

HTH
Barbara