I;ve no idea. Here're my VFP9 settings. See if you can find something different from yours that could explain it

SET TALK OFF
SET NOTIFY ON
SET CLOCK OFF
SET COMPATIBLE OFF
SET PALETTE ON
SET BELL ON
SET BELL TO '', 1
SET SAFETY OFF
SET ESCAPE ON
SET LOGERRORS ON
SET KEYCOMP TO WINDOWS
SET CARRY OFF
SET CONFIRM OFF
SET BROWSEIMECONTROL OFF
SET STRICTDATE TO 0
SET EXACT OFF
SET NEAR OFF
SET ANSI OFF
SET LOCK OFF
SET EXCLUSIVE OFF
SET MULTILOCKS ON
SET HEADINGS ON
SET DELETED ON
SET OPTIMIZE ON
SET UNIQUE OFF
SET CPDIALOG ON
SET REFRESH TO 0,5.000
SET ODOMETER TO 100
SET BLOCKSIZE TO 64
SET REPROCESS TO 0
SET COLLATE TO ""
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\SCCTEXT.PRG" TO _SCCTEXT
SET HELP ON
SET HELP COLLECTION 
SET HELP TO "c:\program files\microsoft visual foxpro 9\dv_foxhelp.chm"
&& ResourceTo = h:\my folders\vfp9\foxuser.dbf
SET RESOURCE ON
SET RESOURCE TO "h:\my folders\vfp9\foxuser.dbf"
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\WIZARD.APP" TO _WIZARD
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\BUILDER.APP" TO _BUILDER
STORE "" TO _MENUDESIGNER
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\CONVERT.APP" TO _CONVERTER
STORE "Q:\DEV\VFP\TOOLS\GENMENUX.FXP" TO _GENMENU
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\BROWSER.APP" TO _BROWSER
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\GALLERY.APP" TO _GALLERY
STORE "" TO _INCLUDE
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\BEAUTIFY.APP" TO _BEAUTIFY
STORE "" TO _GETEXPR
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\GENHTML.PRG" TO _GENHTML
STORE "Q:\DEV\VFP\TOOLS\VFPSTART9.FXP" TO _STARTUP
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\SAMPLES\" TO _SAMPLES
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\COVERAGE.APP" TO _COVERAGE
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\TASKLIST.APP" TO _TASKLIST
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\OBJECTBROWSER.APP" TO _OBJECTBROWSER
STORE "H:\MY FOLDERS\VFP9\FOXCODE.DBF" TO _FOXCODE
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\FOXCODE.APP" TO _CODESENSE
STORE "H:\MY FOLDERS\VFP9\FOXTASK.DBF" TO _FOXTASK
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\VFPXTAB.PRG" TO _GENXTAB
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\FOXREF.APP" TO _FOXREF
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\TOOLBOX.APP" TO _TOOLBOX
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\TASKPANE.APP" TO _TASKPANE
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\REPORTBUILDER.APP" TO _REPORTBUILDER
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\REPORTPREVIEW.APP" TO _REPORTPREVIEW
STORE "C:\PROGRAM FILES\MICROSOFT VISUAL FOXPRO 9\REPORTOUTPUT.APP" TO _REPORTOUTPUT
SET SYSFORMATS OFF
SET SECONDS ON
SET CENTURY ON
&& CurrSymbol = $
SET CURRENCY LEFT
SET CURRENCY TO "$"
SET HOURS TO 24
SET DATE TO AMERICAN
SET DECIMALS TO 2
SET FDOW TO 1
SET FWEEK TO 1
SET MARK TO ""
SET SEPARATOR TO ","
SET POINT TO "."

>Care to suggest what might be different between you and me?
>
>>Hi Mike,
>>
>>I run your code in VFP9 and VFP8SP1 and progress bar is displayed regardless if the Command window is hidden or not.
>>