I've had to reinstall the application 4 times. The symptons are; after double clicking I get the splash screen and then it quits. This happens twice, on the third try I get the splash screen with a line of garbage that looks like it might be filling in the serial number, it quits and then I get a message that a virus or something else has corrupted FMP, determine the error and reinstall. Then sometimes when I start the application, it works. I can't determine how or why this is happening...help!

What OS are you using? I'm by the symptoms I'd guess Windows (but your info says OSX). My guess is that its not FMP, its just Windows being screwy.

I don't know if this is the case or not, but I had trouble starting it after I ran a script that exited the application. Click here for details:

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Computer geek, I was unable to view your link.

I am running OS X 10.3.5, not Windows. I have tried repairing the permissions, I have run Disk Warrior, I cannot seem to find the culprit. In fact I tried to launch a FMP application that I am working on and I could not get FMP to launch at all. No message indicating I had a corrupted copy of Filemaker, only the splash screen and the it would quit. I guess my next option will be to contact Filemaker directly.

Sorry about the link. The posting was last week, so just look back a few pages in this forum.

I've determined the issue. It appears to be a Virex 7.X conflict. I removed all Virex code and preferences, deleted the FMP application, reinstalled FMP developer 7 and applied the 7.0.2 update and have not had a problem since.