Hi Steve,

I notice it too but don't know what's the cause. SET MESSAGE TO clears it also.

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>From within the IDE, when I run various programs that run queries, the STATUS BAR appears to turn off. The current alias does not appear there, and if I browse, the record information is not there. Looking at SET("STATUS BAR") shows that VFP *thinks* that it is still ON.
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>Typing SET STATUS BAR ON in the command window restores its behaviour, until the next time I run a code snippet.
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>Deleting foxuser.dbf had no impact on this.
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