I followed up by selecting SETUP through Explorer. The message returned was that
Setup was unable to copy file to C:\Documents and Settings\ ... \Temp>My system is XP Pro (upgrade from XP Home). 512 MB. I downloaded VFP 8 beta. The self extractor completed and the setup dialog popped up. THe setup was started and a dialog "Windows cannot find ..prerequisites". I selected the fist item (the others were ghosted), "Prerequisites". A message appeared: "Setup is locating ..."
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>And then it appears to have stopped. IE 6 is installed.
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>Any help appreciated. I'll try running the extractor again.
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