Hi, Ed!

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It's too late to check for once VFP starts; you need a non-VFP component, such as a launcher, to check for and if necessary create the TMPFILES directory - VFP will attempt to use the TMPFILES directory immediately on startup.
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But you can do this job due to a small VFP application which has a special config.fpw file without any TEMPFILES entry <vbg>!