>Hi Michael,
>
>I'm having a similar problem to yours. My install goes well but when I try to run the vfp8 compiled exe it complains about an invalid or corrupt copy of vfp8r.dll
>
>I'm thinking that somehow this file did not get overwritten with a newer runtime when I installed the release version over the Beta ?
>
>vfp8r.dll Size Datetime
> 4,192 kb 1/21/2003 3:32 AM
>
>
>DOes anyone know if this is the newest runtime ?

Check version in the properties of the file. It should be 8.0.0.2521