>>Derek,
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>>What you describe happens when you build an exe in the same directory as where usually save your .app. Try to delete the .exe and recompile the .app.
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>>HTH,
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>>Marc
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>>>Strangest thing I was moving a new app over the network to the
>>>workstation it is to be used on from the workstation it was created
>>>on and lost the abilty to execute the .exe file on the development
>>>workstation. It executes fine on the new workstation but on the
>>>development workstation it starts to load then dies. I can load any
>>>other foxpro program and I have recompiled the program on that
>>>workstation after changes. I also can execute the scx under the
>>>foxpro program but I cann't load that program independently of
>>>foxpro on the development workstation. Of course I have done a cold
>>>boot and reinstalled foxpro to no avail. Thanks for any help.
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>Bless you that is exactly what I did. The app and a recompiled app that
>incorporates some changes are now running on the development
>workstation. But why won't a compiled form (.exe) run after you have
>built an app file using that form. And exactly what is the difference between
>an app and an exe. Finally how do you prepare to install an application
>whether app or exe with all necessary libraries so it will run on a different
>workstation that has never had a foxpro applicaiton installed before?

When you compile Exe, you automatically remove App file (if you use the same name) and vice versa. To run Exe on another workstation, you should create (Setup Wizard) installation package and run Setup.