BUG: Welcome Screen Continues to Redisplay

MORE INFORMATION

The Vfp6strt.app, found in the Visual FoxPro root directory, displays the Welcome screen. The system memory variable, _Startup, holds the name and location of the Vfp6strt.app. When you install Visual FoxPro or when you select the "Set As Default" button to set the default values, the values of the system memory variables are stored in the Windows registry. When the "Don't display this Welcome screen again" check box is selected, it clears the _Start system memory variable and also clears the registry setting. However, it does not clear the value of the Startup Program in the Options dialog box. When the "Set as Default" button is chosen, it rewrites the name and location of the Vfp6strt.app into the _Startup setting in the registry.

The registry settings for the Visual FoxPro options are stored in the following:

   My Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\6.0\Options
				

WARNING: Changing registry values manually can cause programs or the computer to become unstable. Users unfamiliar with the registry should not attempt this.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

If Visual FoxPro is being started for the first time:

1. Select the "Don't display this Welcome screen again" check box in the Welcome screen.
2. Click the "Close this screen" button.
3. From the Tools menu, Choose Options.
4. In the Options dialog box, click the "Set as Default" button.
5. Quit Visual FoxPro and then restart Visual FoxPro. The Welcome screen appears.

If you started Visual FoxPro previously and the Welcome screen has not been appearing:

1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, click the "File Locations" tab.
3. Modify the Startup Program line to point to the Vfp6strt.app located in the Visual FoxPro home directory. For example:

         File Type         Location
         --------------------------
   
         Startup Program   c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\vfp98\ 
                           Vfp6strt.app
   						

4. Click the "Set as Default" button and then click OK.
5. Quit Visual FoxPro and restart the program. The Welcome screen still appears.
6. Select the "Don't display this Welcome screen again" check box and click "Close this screen".
7. Open the Options dialog box, click "Set as Default" and then click OK.
8. Quit Visual FoxPro and then restart the program. The Welcome screen still appears.