Bennett,

>But "TALK = OFF" did not work. VFP does not like that. Syntax error.

That's a brain-twister. The syntax error must be coming from something else, because I can't cause a syntax error with "TLAK=OFF" or any other mangling of it.

You probably have something wrong in your "COMMAND =" line or your "_STARTUP =" line that's causing the syntax error, so let's combine the advice you've received so far and create a simple test.

Please try this exactly as specified:

1) Rename the current config file to something else.

2) Create a new config.fpw in your VFP home directory

3) In that new config.fpw put these 2 lines only, exactly as shown here:

TALK = OFF
TITLE = Simple Config

4) Start VFP.

5) Look at the title next to the FoxHead at the top left. If it does NOT say "Simple Config", the config.fpw we created did not get used and you need to check the icon you're clicking to start VFP to see if another file is specified.

6) If the title does say "Simple Config", then ? SET("TALK") and you should see "OFF". If not, report back for more help.