Quote - Given V4 has GOT to be in the Poser 7 Runtime, this looks like the way things are moving, and I suspect we can expect to see M4 and other future figures requiring the same.

They have to be installed there, but you can make a copy of the files installed and put them into your external runtime. That's what I've done.  The only time I access the main poser runtime is for materials which I keep in one place, primatives and Python scripts. 

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi