>I was to told that to run certain apps or prgs at vfp's startup, I >only >need to create a file called vfpstart.prg in the vfp directory. Well, >it >doesn't work. The file doesn't get run. Is there something else I need >to >do? Have a look at the help on the _STARTUP directive for CONFIG.FPW. Actually, I just checked it -- ignore the help. The _STARTUP directive allows you to specify a program to run on the startup of VFP or a distributed application (the difference between _STARTUP= and COMMAND= is that COMMAND= won't fire for a distributed application). The _STARTUP value normally points to SYS(2004)+"VFPSTART" which, in my case, is: D:\DEVSTUDIO\VFP\VFPSTART and this means that a VFPSTART.PRG in your VFP directory should run. The only thing I would do is ensure that _STARTUP exists and points to this file. /Paul