Thanks, very much, Pam
I was at a computer store yesterday and the young man I spoke to, who seemed very capable to me (which may not be a great compliment), told me the command line in Windows 7 is not like in Windows 2000. He brought up DOSBOX and went online where he found comments that dBASE could not access CONFIG.SYS but there was a way to fake out AUTOEXEC.BAT. He did so much, so fast, that I couldn't digest all he did, but he did lose a sale, so it left me pretty nervous.
I guess I'd better go hitch my horse to the buggy so I can be home in time for supper.
EDIT: I'm saving your post for reference. Thanks a lot. flg
Fred