After a computer total-meltdown I'm reloading a bunch of old resources back into Poser7.  I've moved to a 64-bit system -- don't know if this is relevant. On a lot of the files, after trying to (and apparently successfully) run them, Windows7 informs me that the application may not have installed correctly.  Allowing the computer to re-try with "recommended settings" doesn't generally seem to help (but might have once?)...  Tried loading to the default Poser7 library and my own seperate folder, also with mixed results.

Is this a known issue?  And if so, does anyone have a little direction towards troubleshooting?

Thanks.

If we're talking about the ancient and older DAZ installers, then you may need to use XP (or older) compatibility mode when running them.

Another thing to watch out for with the really old ones, is that you must cancel the search (press escape or click the Cancel button) immediately after launching (they don't cope well with big disks).

Avoid trying to install to protected locations, or use "Run as Administrator" on the installer (as a last resort).

You should also check the DAZ Nuts'n'Bolts forum as I'm sure you're not the first to run into problems.

This is something I found happening too when I moved to Win7. It's the UAC being overcautious. You'll find that your content is installed and working quite happily. To get rid of the irritating messages go into Control Panel/User Accounts. Click on Change User Account Control settings and move the slider down one notch. It's set at maximum by default which is what throws up all of those messages. You'll notice that the second bar down is a darker line than the others. That should be the default but isn't so you have to set it manually. Change to that and reboot and you'll never see that message again.

That mesage is usually a load of bollocks, the content will have installed correctly. As others have said it is the UAC being a PITA..
If you're savvy enough around computers you can switch it off, or do as Replicant says and turn it down a touch..
Mine is off and always has been since I had Vista, I now run W7 Ultimate 64..with UAC off..

These are useful suggestions.  Thanks.

I've got the UAC completely off.  The XP Mode sounds like a promising thing to try, but of course I have the baseline OS so it's not available to me. mrfrrmrgrumblemicrosoft

But the DAZ Nut n Bolts forum is also a strong lead.  Thanks again.

Quote - I've got the UAC completely off.  The XP Mode sounds like a promising thing to try, but of course I have the baseline OS so it's not available to me. mrfrrmrgrumblemicrosoft

Not "XP Mode" (the virtual XP in higher editions of  Win7) but one of "XP Compatability Mode", "Win2K Compatability Mode", or "Win98 Compatability Mode" which you can set for an EXE file by right clicking and choosing "Properties..."

Thanks.

Yeah, after I started looking into it and realized that you more likely meant this.

Tried it, but it didn't help at all.  Bummer.

After installing Poser 7 you can make an external runtime somewhere other than Program Files and install all of your content there with no hassle from UAC.

That's not UAC, that's group permissions. Turning UAC off won't prevent that, and you'd have to follow the instructions for changing group permissions at the link that the error popup gives you.

Those DAZ installers are the only things that do that, at least from what I've seen, and it's not just the old ones - the newer ones do too.

Quote - After a computer total-meltdown I'm reloading a bunch of old resources back into Poser7.  I've moved to a 64-bit system -- don't know if this is relevant. On a lot of the files, after trying to (and apparently successfully) run them, Windows7 informs me that the application may not have installed correctly.  Allowing the computer to re-try with "recommended settings" doesn't generally seem to help (but might have once?)...  Tried loading to the default Poser7 library and my own seperate folder, also with mixed results.

Is this a known issue?  And if so, does anyone have a little direction towards troubleshooting?

Thanks.

I get this message as well and I think the reason why the message comes up is because the program isn't installing many of the common things that a program would and because it's not finding those common elements then it notifies you with that message.  You could probably make an .exe that "installs" family photos and you would get the same message.  I usually just ignore the message because I know that the poser content is installed in the correct location.
I don't turn it off because if I'll need to know things like that when I actually install a program.

Don't click on the retry. Just go to your Poser 7 and see if the content made it to the correct location.

Yeah, I wish it were that straight forward.

I've closed that "may not have installed prperly" wizard and I've also let it try reinstalling.  But in the end the files just aren't there.

I've gotten that message from a number of other little content .exe apps as I reinstall them, but like you say, the content is loaded regardless.  Unfortunately, not in this case.

I tried contacting the vendor, Predatron, through his website, but the inbox there is full.  I see he's a member here, so I've sent a message and hope he receives it.  I really do want to use his model, it seems perfect for my needs.

I have that pop up with every single item from a daz bitrock installer. I just hit cancel. I've never had an issue with stuff missing from the install. Perhaps you just got a messed up download, and it's unrelated to the error message?

General, you're pretty close to the mark.

Embarrassingly, I've been trying to install the wrong file.  Quite simply downloaded the wrong thing.

Thanks for you suggestions.  Actually, it was the note here to ask around at DAZ Nuts n Bolts that finally got me around to sorting the problem.

Thanks again.