>Dear all,
>
>One of the things I loved about VFP was that you could copy the .dll and a few other files into \windows\system and your .exe ran. Maybe a file or two more if you wanted ODBC or anything fancy.
>
>Now with 7 I'm a little lost. Sure I can use InstallShield but that's like fishing with dynamite. Can't I just include the appropriate run-time files like I did with 5? Any ideas as to what files would be needed for a simple .exe with nothin' fancy?

See Re: What Vfp7 Run-Time files do I ship with my App? Message #633875 for how to do that and Message #642505 for why you shouldn't do that.