Thanks George.

I ended up using the suggestion of double-clicking on the newudl.reg file, but I found this to be a valuable education for future reference.

>>I used to be able to right click on my desktop, and create a new "Microsoft DataLink Object." That option has disappeared.
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>>I recently installed SP5, and I'm wondering if that somehow did something?
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>>Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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>>Thanks,
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>David,
>
>Try this:

* Create a template file in the Windows ShellNew sub-directory
>lcfile = GETENV('WINDIR') + "\ShellNew\mdac.udl"
>lnhandle = FCREATE(lcfile)
>= FCLOSE(lnhandle)
>SET CLASSLIB TO Registry.vcx ADDITIVE
>oReg = CREATEOBJECT('Registry')
>RELEASE CLASSLIB Registry
>* Open and, if necessary, create the appropriate registry key
>oReg.OpenKey(".udl\ShellNew", , .T.)
>* Set the filename value to the template file
>oReg.SetKeyValue("FileName", JUSTFNAME(lcfile))
>* Close the key.
>oReg.CloseKey()

It assumes that the registry class of the FFC is on the Fox path or is the current directory.