Jonathan,
The DBC has changed between those two versions of VFP. If the DBC originated in VFP6 you should only use VFP6 to maintain it. If it's a VFP8 DBC use VFP8 to maintain it.
>Is anyone experiencing a problem with "DROP TABLE" or "REMOVE TABLE DELETE" in VFP8 vs VFP6?
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>In VFP6 it works fine, but if I try to do the same thing on the same DBC with VFP8, my system hangs.