The error message seems to indicate that the system is unable to load VFP8R.dll because of some missing dependencies - likely candidates are mscvr70.dll or gdiplus.dll.

Normally you should use the supplied merge modules via an MSI compatible install program but if you insist on doing it manually you need to put the following files into the same directory as the application's .exe:
- VFP8R.dll
- VFP8Rxxx.dll (where xxx -> your language, e.g. 'enu' for US English)
- gdiplus.dll
- msvcr70.dll
You must put them into the app dir because you aren't installing them properly; putting them into a shared location without proper registration could break other apps. Note: the resource DLL (VFP8Rxxx.dll) must match the version of VFP8R.dll exactly or it will refuse to load.

Pre-Win98 systems - Win95/96, perhaps NT4 - need some extra DLLs like URLMON that serve no real purpose except highlighting the fact that these systems are officially dead.