Does it save and uses other setting? There're three things that can overwrite settins in the registry
1. Command-line -A switch
2. PATH= in the config.fpw
3. SET PATH TO in the VFP startup program.
Did you check all of them?

>It is saved in the registry, but does not show in the IDE and the path is not set.
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>>Those settings are stored in the registry inder HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\8.0\Options key. After you click on Set as default check data for value PATH under that key. Is it saved or not?
>>BTW, I don't have such problem.
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>>>I just installed VFP 8, small problem:
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>>>I set my search path in tools->Options->File location and click on save as default. Exit VFP, go back in and my search path in gone..!
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>>>First bug found?