Quote - ok i have all of my content stored in a seperate folder. (all my content meaning before i installed it into the runtime folder.) Should i just delete everything and start over? and can someone explain how the multiple runtimes thing works, mainly how do you specify what runtime folder you want to search through once your in poser.

and can you do seperate runtimes even if its an installer?

Go to that thread and read through it a few times.  It's the thread that taught me about external runtimes.  It even shows you how to point Poser to them.

http://forum.daz3d.com/viewtopic.php?t=9060&highlight=runtime&flatnum=1

One thing to keep in mind is that a runtime is a runtime is a runtime. They are all exactly the same and work exactly the same. The only difference between the main Poser runtime and an external one is that the external one sits some place else on your hard drive and not inside the Poser folder.

All "multiple external runtimes" mean is more than one runtime sitting some place else on your hard drive.  They all function in the same manner as the one inside your Poser folder. And you install content into them in exactly the same way because they have the exact same file structure.

What I posted above is a great deal to wade through. I suggest that you print it out and read through it  a few times because it's a lot to absorb.

"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