>I have an employee program in e:\employee directory. Everytime I do stonefield Database Explorer I get a textbox requesting system name with default in the textbox as e:\. I type in e:\employee and hit ok. The stonefield database explorer still doesn't show my database so I try click on first icon to open set of meta data. I locate DBCXREG.DBF in e:\employee and hit open. After that I get another textbox requesting system name with the default in the textbox now showing e:\employee (correctly). I hit ok and the database shows up. Why am I having to jump hoops here? Is it looking at old version of my sdt?

That's a good one. I can not duplicate what you are seeing. Select the SDT Properties under the VFP Tools menu or, in SDT Explorer, click the properties button. What are your settings on the Meta Data and Other pages? Are you using 6.0c? Did you recompile all when you recreated the SDT.APP? Is X:\Stonefield\SDT\Source [or whever SDT is installed] in your VFP path? Do you have a DBC open when you start SDTE? Are the SDT meta files in the same folder as your DBC?