>all i need to do is give the folks a new exe file compiled in vfp7 and runtimes for vfp7. there ain't no way i am going to go insane playing with installshield for such a small task! language=english!

John,

All I'll say is that you're asking for problems. Doing a proper installation these days is a necessity. BTW, I believe one of the files you may need is vfp7renu.dll.