I would copy european.mem into application directory and restore from there. Don't forget to use ADDITIVE clause or RESTORE FROM will kill all your memory variables. See Re: Function to return base alpha set from a string Message #667735 for another ways to handle this.

>>My guess is, that impact would be the same as from using CHRTRAN() or even less.
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>In the following line you propose:
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>RESTORE FROM (HOME()+'european.mem')
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>From an EXE, HOME() returns the Microsoft Common Shared directory instead of the VFP one. How can I workaround that?