>I move an existing application from VFP 5 to VFP 6. When I build the application in to an excutable file I find it
>contains the command icons, new, open, print, spellchk, drop down for database, etc. First question is why?

Because you didn't turn it off, silly :-)

>Secondly how do I remove it (not have it include when building the EXE?

This code will hide, and later, restore all the VFP toolbars that might be visible when you start your app.

dimension aToolbar[13, 2]
aToolbar[ 1, 1] = 'Color Palette'
aToolbar[ 2, 1] = 'Database Designer'
aToolbar[ 3, 1] = 'Form Controls'
aToolbar[ 4, 1] = 'Form Designer'
aToolbar[ 5, 1] = 'Layout'
aToolbar[ 6, 1] = 'Print Preview'
aToolbar[ 7, 1] = 'Query Designer'
aToolbar[ 8, 1] = 'Report Controls'
aToolbar[ 9, 1] = 'Report Designer'
aToolbar[10, 1] = 'Standard'
aToolbar[11, 1] = 'View Designer'
aToolbar[12, 1] = 'Project Manager'
aToolbar[13, 1] = 'ars'

* Hide VFP's toolbars.

for lnI = 1 to alen(aToolbar, 1)
	aToolbar[lnI, 2] = wvisible(aToolbar[lnI, 1])
	if aToolbar[lnI, 2]
		hide window (aToolbar[lnI, 1])
	endif aToolbar[lnI, 2]
next lnI

*** The rest of the app goes here, and when the app is done executing, this code:

* Redisplay VFP's toolbars.
for lnI = 1 to alen(aToolbar, 1)
	if aToolbar[lnI, 2]
		show window (aToolbar[lnI, 1])
	endif aToolbar[lnI, 2]
next lnI