Hi Terry,

Better is:

lcPath=SYS(16)
lcPath=IIF(RAT("\",lcPath)>0,LEFT(lcPath,RAT("\",lcPath)),lcPath)
SET PATH TO (lcPath)

But many examples for VFP don't use these tricks... :-(

MartinJ

>Or does it NOT make a difference?
>
>At the top of my Main.PRG, before READ EVENT, I issue this code:
>ucRootDirectory=SYS(5)+SYS(2003)
>ucPath=["]+ucRootDirectory+["]
>SET PATH TO (ucPath)
>
>My understanding is that a program like FileMon, would present a less clutered assessment of my VFP Install runtime.