Quote - Not an answer, or a solution, but if you had the content already installed in Poser 7 or earlier, just copy the Library to your new install and the PNGs should already be there...

It is also neat to see some of the content you installed, but never used (mostly poses and expressions) no PNGs in those when you view them in Poser 8 or Poser Pro 2010!

I will say it was put in as a Feature Request, but I do not know if it will happen. (not sure of all the technical reasons that may be encountered)  I recall also several users in the forums indicated that they were going to put together a script to do it in Poser when Poser 8 launched, but I think because of all the available Free Products, it was not high on anyones priority list. The nice thing about most of them, they will remove the RSR File and then you can Zip up the content and get rid of the annoying installers!

While this issue doesn't affect me personally because everything, or nearly everything, that I've ever installed is still installed in my rather large collection of runtimes beginning with my still intact Poser 4 runtime, I do understand the OP's point. "For people who don't maintain large runtimes and who only install content as needed, it takes even more valuable extra time generating these PNG's each and every time they install old content." Is it a major issue? Certainly not. Is it time they could better spend getting on with the processes that they use Poser for? Definitely. It certainly wouldn't hurt if it were as behind the scenes and unnoticable as the autogeneration feature in Poser's 5 through 7.

It's not worth all the animosity I've seen here to deny the OP's right to his opinion and call it a crusade when all he's done, that I can see, is look for like minded individuals to agree with him and maybe discuss it without the rancor that it has been discussed with up til now.

And John AKA RatCloset, maybe a reminder link to the Smith Micro Suggestion Box would be in order for this thread.

Peaceout.