>The Error 114 which is "Index Does Not match table, delete index.." is sort of a Chicken and Egg problem.
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>If I delete the .CDX file first, then I can't open the FILE, since vfp will issue the error: "Can't find CDX file".

The next USE should succeed, since the first one removes the link to the CDX.

I've found sometimes that the index that doesn't match the table is the database.DCX file. Have you tried deleting this one instead?