Hi

The only way I know to do this is to change the Project Template.
For a WindowsApplication this is located in

c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio.NET\VB7\VBWizards\WindowsApplication\Templates\1033\WindowsApplication.vbproj.

Modify the file as follows:

<VisualStudioProject>
<VisualBasic>
<Build>
<Settings>
OptionExplicit = "On"
OptionStrict = "On"

This should set Option Strict as On as Default.

Hope this helps

Harold Hoffman