>I would like to change the fox icon that you automatically get when you create a shortcut from the compiled EXE. Is there a way in VFP to do this or should I just use the properties button on the short cut?

In the Project Info dialog of the Project menu, the Project tab of the dialog allows you to specify the icon to attach. Note, however, that the icon file must contain both 16x16 and 32x32 icons for the icon to show up in the Windows Explorer.