>>Since I'm running FoxPro Windows 2.6 on a NT 4.0 machine I get the following problem, which is driving me mad:
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>>When I run the EXE generated file o when I enter FoxPro itself, I get this error IF I HAVEN'T A CD INSIDE THE CD UNIT: "System Error: Cannot read from drive E." If I CANCEL three times, I can keep on working.
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>>I cannot force my clients to keep a CD in their CD readers.
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>>Please, give my a hand.
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>>Thanks.
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>Hi Jose,
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>I'm not sure if this problem has already been answered here or in the newsgroups but your problem comes from the time you compile the files and build the exe. FoxPro remembers the location of the original prg's etc and at run time looks for a later version - not a problem if the hard disk (c drive) is there. Its also not a problem if the drive doesn't exist at all on the client machine - the only time a problem occurs is if there is a phantom drive or a cd drive sharing the letter.
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>At the end of the waffle, the answer is to ALWAYS build on the c drive.
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>Ian

What we have also done is to open up the project file as a table ( backing it up first :-) ) and remove all references to the offending drive letter, then rebuilding the project. This is tedious and time consuming but I'm sure a utility could be written to automate it.

Bill