Thanks Sergey ... but he had already tried that and still had no luck. The files were read-only (see my reply to Nadya) and that may have had something to do with it.

~~Bonnie

>Take a look at Re: Unable to reinstall VFP7 Thread #609198 Message #611697.
>
>>It's not enabled ... that's the problem.
>>
>>>After WCU is done, the second step (VFP installation) should get enabled. Can you tell what happens in your case?
>>>
>>>>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).
>>>>
>>>>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?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>TIA,
>>>>~~Bonnie