>Hi!
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>>> That means when you have a SERVICE that use VFP COM object, VFP COM object will not be destroyed during logout. This has nothing to do with usual VFP app. <<
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>Isn't a VFP app/exe a COM object? I thought when you created a VFP exe that is was automatically a COM object, but you just do not have to expose the interface. Maybe that is where my confusion is coming in...

No, VFP exe will be a COM object only if it contains OLEPublic classes. In this case the .TLB and .VBR files will be also generated along with the EXE when you compile it.