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BUG: Startup Program Fails with NOLOGO Switch

Article ID: 192761

Article Last Modified on 12/11/1999

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q192761

SYMPTOMS

Starting Visual FoxPro version 6.0 using the NOLOGO startup switch and specifying a program after the NOLOGO startup switch causes the following error message to occur:

File '.prg' does not exist.

RESOLUTION

Use the -T startup switch or place the NOLOGO startup switch after the program name.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

From the Start menu, click Run and type the following (with quotes) in the Run dialog box, editing the path to point to the Visual FoxPro executable:

   "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\Vfp98\VFP6.EXE /NOLOGO
       genmenu.prg"

RESULTS: The error occurs.

REFERENCES

Visual FoxPro Help; search on: "startup options"

Additional query words: kbVFp600bug

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB192761