I don't know if this will helpm but: Sometimes I have mistakenly "double foldered" the the working directory in the Program Files Folder

Program Files
--- MyAppWorkingDirectory
------ MyAppWorkingDirectory
----------MyData
----------MyBin

THen when I assigned the shortcut, I would designate the "Working Directory" as the "first" MyAppWorkingDirectory, but it would actually be in the "second" MyAppWorkingDirectory.

When I did this,and selected the app from the Program Menu, the behavior I witnessed was a beep from my computer (and nothing else).

You might check to assure the "working directorey" is the folder your exe is in.

INSTALLDIR=[ProgramFilesFolder]MyProgramGroup\MyApp
DATABASEDIR=[INSTALLDIR]
The destination computer's folders looks like this:
Program Files
   +--- MyProgramGroup
       +--- MyApp [DATABASEDIR]
            + MyData
            + MyBin
In Shortcuts, the Working directory = [DATABASEDIR]

HTH
>Greetings!
>
>I have a VFP8-SP1 application that uses standard desk-top controls/forms, etc. No XML or web-based stuff in the app at all.
>
>I used the InstallShield Express that came with VFP 8 and it worked very well.
>
>However, my users (OS and configuration seems to be irrelevant) can run the application and open the forms, but no data is displayed. And certain forms that use views and initialize the views before hand give erros like alias "v_somename" not found.
>
>This is a straight-forward VFP database application. No SQL-server or other high-end database. Anyone run into anything like this?
>
>Thanks!