>The problem was there with or without the launcher. The executable is about 2 meg.

So the .exe is small. You have said that you would like for the forms to load quicker...even before this problem started. In your last message to Tracy, you describe some meta-data tables that are used by your application. How big are those tables? Have you tried putting these tables on each local hard drive, to see if you get a boost there? The launcher can keep those current...