>George,
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>That is very similar to what I've done today as I'm almost done writing my launcher. Your idea differs from mine in that you use a script and I use WSH from inside Launcher.exe (VFP). An exterbnal script file is definityely lighter. I'll try that approach.

Alex,

This is, admittedly, my first pass at using the WSH as a launcher, so there are possibilities that there could be some problems in the future with drive mappings etc. However, because things are pretty much standardized, and everyone's (unless you include me< bg >) F: drive is mapped to their local plant server, it's a fairly remote possibilities.

One thing I've been turning over in my mind is a modification to the script that will check for an additional file. This additional file would be nothing more than a flag indicating that a new install had to be done. I've only partially thought through this, but a mechanism to indicate that the install had been done would also have to be created.

At any rate, this sort of scenario would make those problems associated with SPs and new product versions a thing of the past.