>>Yes. I might mention that I am coming back to vfp after not having used it much for a while. I can't think of anything in my environment that has changed lately.
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>Hi Bret,
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>I've seen this before - check to see if your temp directory has been marked as a system directory. [right click on it and look at properties].
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>If it has, try using the following at a dos/command prompt:
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>attrib c:\temp -S
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>replacing c:\temp with your temporary directory.
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>Best.
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>Matt.

It worked. As soon as I can find a sysadmin, I'll discuss it with him. Can you help me understand what we just did? My temp folder was indeed marked as a system folder, and the check box was disabled. I don't think I have admin rights on my machine. Typing the command in the DOS window gave no error, however, and now I can create forms. Also, the "system" check box, still disabled, is unchecked. That makes it sound as if the DOS prompt let me get around my lack of permissions. We are using Win NT 4 SP4. What is a "system" directory?