I have Poser 5 sr3 and I have it installed on a Pocketec USB drive. When taking it back and forth between work and home. The new runtimes that I added have to be re-added, each time I change from one computer to the other. Is there a way to correct this or make a file backup for each computer. So I can reload them without manually adding each runtime back in?

I believe that you should be able to read that runtime by adding it it P5's runtime same as adding P4's. From the libraries pallet select a catagory, say figures. Expand it then keep clicking on the uppermost folder until you see the P5 with a red dot. Then at the bottom you should see a - and a + sign. Click on the + to open up your explorer. Locate your usb drive and add.

Sorry for the late response, I just got back on the internet. Thank you nickedshield for the information you provided.

I have no problems adding the new runtimes, and Poser 5 is installed on the USB drive. What happens is when I connect to my home computer I have to go thru all the same steps to add them back in. Then when I go to my work computer I have to do the same steps once again. Then when I get back home, quess what. Yep, repeat the same steps again, and again, and so on. I was wondering if there was a work around for this.

The only Runtime folders that stay from computer to computer is the Poser 5 and Download runtimes. By the way, if I forget and open a file I am currently working on, before I re-add the folders. Poser can not find the files that came from those folders and I have to manually point to them. As you can see it is starting to get fustrating.

I checked Curious Labs website and all it says it that Poser 5 will work on an external drive. maybe I found a caveat/bug. Will work on an external hard drive but will not keep added runtimes.

The only other thing that comes to mind is using Pboost. The latest relelase supports external drives. I don't use external so I can't tell haw well it works. Question: are your external drive and home drive assigned the same letter (c,d, whatever) it sounds like a sync proplem and Poser needs to know the absolute path. Therefore you have to keep telling Poser where the runtime folders are. When power is turned off or Poser is shut down, it stored the runtime info so it knows where to look when it's started up again. Maybe someone who runs an external will read this and jump in and help.

Thanks, I will check the drives out. If I remember correctly there was a difference in drive designations. If there is I'll try changing one to match the other and see if this corrects this issue.

There is probably not many people using an external drive. At least not between multiple computers.

Just had a look to see where the info is stored , and it seems to be in a simple text (xml) file called: LibraryPrefs.xml Curious LabsPoser 5Runtimeprefs each runtime entry has the form : as mentioned, easiest option is to make the path: "F:Poser ModelsRT_MayaDollRuntimeLibraries" consistent for both machines OR you can just have 2 (or more) LibraryPrefs.xml files , say LibraryPrefsA.xml and LibraryPrefsB.xml files, one for each machine, then each time you go to a machine you just delete the original LibraryPrefs.xml file and copy LibraryPrefsA.xml or LibraryPrefsB.xml and rename them to LibraryPrefs.xml before running poser (this could be a batch file for ease). Dont know if this made any sense to you (or me ?) but hope it helps Best Wishes

damn it :( the XML was filtered for some reason..

heres the missing part but < has been replaced by [ and > by ]

[ContentFolder folder="F:Poser ModelsRT_MayaDollRuntimeLibraries" index="4" ]
[Library libraryType="2" curLibraryFolder="character" /]
[Library libraryType="1" curLibraryFolder="PoseMaya Doll Hair Fits" /]
[Library libraryType="8" curLibraryFolder="props" /]
[Library libraryType="4" curLibraryFolder="camera" /]
[Library libraryType="7" curLibraryFolder="hair" /]
[/ContentFolder]

First there was a difference in the drive designations and when I renamed one to match the other, this did correct what I was experienceing. Like you said was probably the easiest way.

Second, I am going to keep a copy of the XML, just in case I start having problems again. Have a pretty good idea where to go with that information.

Thank you for your time and concideration. It was much appreciated.
Ladydrakana

Glad you got it working.