>>The only thing that works is to create a CONFIG.FPW and put it in either the HOME() folder or somewhere in the search path.
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>Do you have non-existing path in your OS PATH? That's about the only other thing I could think of. My installation is on G:\VFP8 and works just fine, with or without a CONFIG.FPW.

It was indeed a problem with a missing semi-colon in the OS Path environment variable. My brain locked on the VFP SET('PATH') value instead of the GETENV('PATH') value. The solution was to add the semi-colon where it belonged in the following Win2K Registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002\Control\Session Manager\Environment