Visual Fox Pro 6.0 hangs indefinitely

Folks:


I recently installed Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 on my machine. All the
individual components of Visual Studio work well, but with one exception.
For some reason Visual Fox Pro 6.0 hangs indefinitely. I completely
uninstalled the entire application, then I did a new reinstallation. The
problem persists.

I am using a Windows XP Home platform. Just wondering if anyone can throw
some light on this problem.




Thanks,
John.

Eric
Wed Sep 17 00:10:13 CDT 2003

Hello, JohnNews!
You wrote on Wed, 17 Sep 2003 04:32:00 GMT:

J> I recently installed Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 on my machine. All the
J> individual components of Visual Studio work well, but with one
J> exception. For some reason Visual Fox Pro 6.0 hangs indefinitely. I
J> completely uninstalled the entire application, then I did a new
J> reinstallation. The problem persists.

J> I am using a Windows XP Home platform. Just wondering if anyone can
J> throw some light on this problem.

When does Fox hang? During startup? Did you install SP5? You can download it
from the vfp web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro
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Eric den Doop
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JohnNews
Wed Sep 17 00:59:54 CDT 2003

Eric:

Fox hangs during the startup sequence with the big splash graphic on the
screen.

Also, I checked out your suggestion.

The name of the file to be downloaded is VFP6run.msm
When I try to run this file my computer does not recognize same -
unrecognized file type




Thanks,
John.

"Eric den Doop" <ericdendoop@xspamblockxfoxite.com> wrote in message
news:eA2m7nNfDHA.2332@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hello, JohnNews!
> You wrote on Wed, 17 Sep 2003 04:32:00 GMT:
>
> J> I recently installed Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 on my machine. All
the
> J> individual components of Visual Studio work well, but with one
> J> exception. For some reason Visual Fox Pro 6.0 hangs indefinitely. I
> J> completely uninstalled the entire application, then I did a new
> J> reinstallation. The problem persists.
>
> J> I am using a Windows XP Home platform. Just wondering if anyone can
> J> throw some light on this problem.
>
> When does Fox hang? During startup? Did you install SP5? You can download
it
> from the vfp web site at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro
> --
> Eric den Doop
> www.foxite.com - The Home Of The Visual FoxPro Experts - Powered By VFP8
>
>

Eric
Wed Sep 17 01:12:31 CDT 2003

Hello, JohnNews!
You wrote on Wed, 17 Sep 2003 06:00:00 GMT:

J> The name of the file to be downloaded is VFP6run.msm
J> When I try to run this file my computer does not recognize same -
J> unrecognized file type

The MSM file is a merge module for Windows Installer software. That's not
what you need. I checked with the download page myself and couldn't find the
SP5 either. I am sure it was on the VFP download page before...
I did find it on the VS download page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/sp/vs6/sp5/

Hope this SP fixes your problem. I have never had any problems launching
VFP.
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Eric den Doop
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