>>FWIW, I have one app that that acts similarly. Every other build/run cycle, it will totally exit VFP8 after the compile, before the run. I have deleted the project and rebuilt from scratch. It still occurs. It must be something contained in the project, but I have't been able to isolate it. You are not alone :-(
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>So, we may be facing a bug here.
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>Thanks

Maybe. I had one case where 3rd party code (Refoxed) included in the project, in some cases, would cause VFP to appear to hang in the build process. In fact, it was filling the hard drive with temp files and would finally die when the disk was full. Not pretty. MS confirmed the bug. Low priority, no fix. Both 'bugs' are still in VFP9 beta, BTW.