>>Rather than use E4M, maybe you could use Windows 2000's native Encrypting File System:
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B230520
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>Native encrypting is supported only in NTFS. Sometimes I need to use Windows 98 in this computer, so I cannot ose NTFS and NT encryption.
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>I dedected that this problem occurs if E2M is not active and seems to to be ralated to it. It seems that some software installation causes this.
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>To reporoduce in my computer:
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>1. Apply the Division by Zero patch to FoxPro For Windows 2.5B allow it to run on high-speed computers.
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>2. Run FOXPROW 2.5B IDE on HP Omnibook XE3 with W2K SP2.
>No network, no anti-virus software.
>Start in directory is in C: drive.
>Run in separate memory space checkbox does not matter, result is same.
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>3. Type
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>MODIFY SCREEN anyscreen
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>where anyscreen is existing or non-existing screen file.
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>Result observed:
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>3 seconds delay.
>After that FoxPro exits without any message.
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>Any idea ?

From a brief look on the Web, it looks like E4M is no longer well-, or at all-, supported. MS no longer supports FPW2.x. In short, you're unlikely to find any official fix for this issue. If you haven't already, take a look at Ed Rauh's FAQ#15468 .

Another option - repartition your HD using PartitionMagic or even one of the Linux partition managers so you can set up an EFS partition.

There are also well-supported 3rd party file-system encryption tools available, such as PGPDisk: http://www.pgp.com/products/windows/desktop.html