Another option is not to bind the data files into the EXE and ship them separately. I'm assuming you want them to be read-only, which is why you're binding them in the EXE. Would it be enough to just set their read-only flag?

>Barbara,
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> That of course is the issue, I could not. I had to trim tags and eliminate files until I squeezed under the 2GB limit. The bulking up of CDX files as a result of SP1 pushed my total app size over the limit.
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>I don't think it is an OS issue, but rather a Fox issue. I have several files larger than 2GB on my hard disk. (OK most are SQL backup files, some at 9GB)
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>>I'm surprised you could even build an app with a file size of over 2 gig. My understanding is that this is a hard limit imposed by the OS, and that it wasn't even possible to have a file size greater than 2 gig. SQL Server handles this by splitting up physical files when they get too large.
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>>>Barbara,