Yes, that's the one, with the "b".
I was figuring it was due to external runtimes, and I don't have it set to shallow. maybe I didn't wait long enough or something... but regular, original V4 loads all the time, just fine, and in about fifteen seconds or so.
Poser isn't even churning away, trying to do anything, just hanging. i check task manager> Performance, and I see no CPU activity for Poser. It's like it just says No, then gets confused what to do next. ;-)

Maybe I should file a bug report with either DAZ or EF, or both. I'll admit, my runtimes and overall file structures aren't exactly kosher, plus I've altered my original V4 OBJ mesh. I wouldn't think that could have anything to do with it, but maybe it has.

To clarify, I can load the V4.1 OBJ file in Poser 7 all day long. It just doesn't like the cr2.