David. Thank you for your reply. I have inserted the code calling the COM and it is working but has a bug. I get the following errors:

1) Invlid path or filename
2) OLE error code 0x80080005 : Server execution failed

Could the first problem of

"Error locating config file-bad path"

be causing this problem.

The startup programs I am running are firewall type software. I am not sure that is the problem. I did uninstall Visual Studio and then re-install it on a different hard drive. Since doing this, the error message is displayed everytime I run VFP. I considered the possibility of a rogue INI file having an influence on the system. I have looked around, but found nothing. I have also checked the file locations in the setting of the IDE. Nothing seems out of order there. Any other ideas?

Michael