>>I'm trying to install VFP 7.0 on a new PC. I'm running XP Home edition as the OS, am an administrator on the PC, have no anti-virus programs loaded and cannot get past the error in the Component Update that indicates that the required executable, msiexec.exe is not present in the System32 subdirectory. I can navigate to, and see that the fle does exist in the expected location from windows explorer, I just can't figure out how to make the installer see it. Any ideas to help me out of this issue?
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>Is it a VFP 7 upgrade license - and is VFP 6 (etc) already installed?

It's a full license, and yes, 6.0 is installed with SP's.