>You might start adding these to your config.fpw (assuming c:\temp exists) :
>
>editwork=c:\temp
>progwork=c:\temp
>sortwork=c:\temp
>
>Instead of these 3 lines you might use :
>tmpfiles=c:\temp
>but above is compatible with older versions too. This at least reduces the network traffic for temp files fox creates.
>Cetin

thanks for the tip, however I just checked the help file and it states that the default is the startup directory, which is always going to be on teh local HD...

What I did (I have to try this at work to compare load times, since I'm on a laptop at home, currently) was move all the grids onto their own modal form with default data environment. This seems to help a lot as I don't have to pull data for teh grids when the form loads. The grid forms are called by command button. Much quicker load times.