Oh, so DAZ gets sneaky and updates the web links when you install their products? I never would have guessed that. No, they don't get sneaky. Everyone can create a Weblinks folder and include their own links, that's not a big thing. And it does not happen while you are online but when you install a new item. It just puts the content of the Weblinks folder into it's destination folder within Poser as well as it puts characters and props in their librarie folders.

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