>George, Kevin, thanks.
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>I should have been more detailed: my application is in VFP6. At startup, I'd like it to check if VFP8r.dll & VFP8t.dll are registered. If not, to copy them from the server and register them, in preparation for the coming upgrade to VFP8.
>So I don't have a ProgId for this DLL, nor can I instantiate a VFP8 object.
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>J
If it's installed there will be a key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT named VisualFoxpro.Runtime.8.
George
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