Lim, I was using vfp 3.0 Spanish version for a long time and i had no problem with the icons. I think that You don=B4t need to upgrade to 3.0b only for that reason. And, as arnon said, Why not 5.0? I am using some silly thing. When I make the direct acces to my aplicatti= on icon, i change the property of the direct acces to run minimized, then , = in the main program, say to _screen to maximize, and it works fine, without our pretty fox or blinking screens and menues. Saludos!! :-)