Hi Antonio,

Appreciate your reply. To keep from posting the same thing in two places, please see my response to George, as it applies to your suggestion also. Msg# 565652.

Thanks,
Evan Pauley

>Hi, Evan,
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>From memory: you should edit (Notepad will do) the installation file (unattend.iss) and change the program and data directories at will (I assume your installation is fresh and an uninstall followed by a new installation is acceptable at this stage).
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>The new installation should be run over your modified .iss (not the default one). Check README.TXT for further enlightments.
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>>I've just installed the version of MSDE that shipped with VFP 7. That installation *assumed* (grrr) that I wanted not only its code but also the data to be stored on the boot drive. I don't.
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>>How do I move the default database(s) and tell MSDE where to look for them?
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>bye