I tried that and the status bar was off when it started, not what I expected.

I think the problem is with the Task Pane, if I set it to not start when VFP opens the problem goes away. If the config.fpw code runs before the task pane loads it makes sense that it did not work.

Thanks for the idea.

>You can put the commands in a program, then call it from config.fpw:
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>COMMAND=DO Myprog.prg
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>>I am having trouble with VFP 8/ VFP 8 SP1
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>>When I have a table open and selected I like to see the table information in the status bar. The only way I can get it to work is to issue these commands everytime I go into VFP.
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>>SET NOTIFY CURSOR on
>>SET STATUS BAR OFF
>>SET STATUS BAR ON
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>>I try to save the settings but have no luck, any ideas?