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Q192761: BUG: Startup Program Fails with NOLOGO Switch

Article: Q192761
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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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
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Use the -T startup switch or place the NOLOGO startup switch after the program
name.

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

MORE INFORMATION
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Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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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
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Visual FoxPro Help; search on: "startup options"
(c) Microsoft Corporation 1998, All Rights Reserved.
Contributions by Mike Stewart, Microsoft Corporation


Additional query words: kbVFp600bug

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbnofix

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