>I have a VFP8 application (compiled into exe).
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>Is it a lot better to have the user run a local copy instead of off the network?
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>I prefer to run it from the network since it is so much easier to update everyone in one place.
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>THe application will only have about half dozen simaltaneous users.

Putting it on the server will make program start slower, as you have been told in other replies. I believe this is not significant. Once the program is loaded, it is in RAM, and there should be no speed difference. But just in case, make your own speed tests.

I like the centralized administration on the server.

You can have different versions of the executable on the server, a loader program that gets the latest version (for instance, according to a number which is part of the filename), and another loader that allows the user to go back to a previous version. This makes it possible to update the executable without kicking out the users. It also makes it possible for the users to go back to a previous version, in case you committed some mistake in the last version. That makes the emergency repairs less urgent.