>I run VFP8, Win XP SP1 and the my RichText files in WINDOWS/SYSTEM32 are as follows:
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>Does this form run properly for anybody?

Just worked fine for me, and I don't think I've done anything _too_ funky to my system. :-) I see you got around it by replacing your files: if they get overwritten with the "wrong" version again, try removing the RichText control from the form and adding it from scratch.