>I have created a form with a grid on it.
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>I want to use the ctrl+f to be able to search the grid, but the menu disappears when I run my form, making ctrl+f unavailable.
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>Is there a setting within foxpro, form properties, or elsewhere that causes the menu to disapear when a form is run?

No. Look in the form's startup event sequence (Load, Init, Show, Activate) and see if there is anything that will turn off the menu (SET SYSMENU TO, SET SYSMENU OFF, running an MPR file that disables the menu, etc.).