In your AppIncl.dbf, change the VERSION_LOC entry. When the app starts, it will check either the .ini or registry, whichever is responsible for tracking your system settings (exe name, app name, etc.), find no entry to match the new version, and pop the preferences dialog.

-Hope that does the trick,
---J

>Hi MM's
>
>I have one comnputer. I have an old version of a MM app running. When the app was initially started I specified the location of local and remote data in the PREFERECES dialog that popped up at first start up. Today I installed, on the same computer, in a different directory, a much newer version of the same MM app with data (structure changes and content) and all supporting files etc. When I first started the app I did not receive the PREFERENCES dialog. I knew that the version number of the new app was probably the version number of the old app and hence the registry settings were already in. How do I change the version number of the new MM app so the PREFERENCES dialog comes up and so I can get a seperate registry entry for the new MM app.
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>Thanx
>Neil