Erik,

The reboot fixed it. But it sure bugged me that I could not find a registry setting that had set it off kilter.

>>Folks,
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>>This hasn't happened to me in so long I no longer remember what to do about it. My MESSAGEBOXes have started showing up in the bottom right of the windows desktop, pretty much no matter what. This happens whether I run an executable or VFP itself, and no _Screen setting I have found changes it.
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>>Seems therefore this must be some type of registry setting, but I cannot see anything in the registry that seems to relate.
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>>As always, TIA
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>When I have seen this, a reboot fixed it.