Yeah, they were read-only. Don't know if that was the problem though, because in the meantime, he decided to use the brute-force method and he went and messed with the registry and finally got it to start installing.

~~Bonnie

>Could it be, that files are marked as read-only?
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>>One of my co-workers is trying to install VFP7 on a Windows XP Laptop and is having problems (he's installing from his hard-drive, after copying all the files from the install CD ... not sure why he's doing it this way, but it may be because he had the same problem installing from the CD ... he doesn't remember exactly why).
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>>The install goes through with the updating of the Windows Components, finishes that without a problem, but then refuses to go on to the next step, which is installing VFP7. Anyone know what's up with that?
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>>TIA,
>>~~Bonnie