Wants to install where poser.exe is. Copied poser.exe to the install in documents, which is where everything else goes, but still won't install the mil chars there, can someone help out with this? I think I asked about this before but have been pulled away from this for a few days and can't find the thread.

It's the old crappy problem with the DAZ-installers, they are looking for Poser.exe. Either you copy an older Version into the poser directory or you make an empty textfile and save it as poser.exe.

The DAZ installers want to see 'Poser.exe' in the folder containing whichever runtime you want to install to. We have to humour them.

As Jules said, create an empty text document and name it 'Poser.exe.' and put it in the folder containing your runtime, not in your runtime.

It's been a long time since I've installed them ... but wouldn't it also be a possibility to select the DAZ Studio installation and then select where you want the files to go? I seem to recall that was another workaround.

But then you'll have more unneded files in your runtime (content).

I already copied poser.exe to the folder, still says it can't find it. Thanks for trying though.

may be, th eProblem is the documents folder. Create one named Poser Content, add a folder runtime and then create the Poser.exe to that folder. Some installers don't accept the empty Poser.exe so you have to copy your Poser.exe or whatever name it has into the Poser contetnt folder and rename it, if necessary, to Poser.exe.

Ugh ... Vista and Windows 7 are very particular about file placement and where they allow you to install things.

I am going by memory here, so I can't vouch whether or not my memory is accurate. But it seems to me that the EXP version of Victoria 4 doesn't have to be installed in the "base" Poser runtime like the initial versions of V4 (and, I also seem to recall it was necessary in OLDER versions of Poser to have V4 installed in the main Poser runtime, but I don't think it's a requirement for the newer versions).

PLEASE don't quote me on this, as like I said it's been a long time since I installed V4, been working with the same external runtime for at least a couple of Poser versions now.

That being said, I seem to remember that the way I installed the package was to create an external runtime named Mil4Females on my D Drive; then I used the "DAZ Studio" option to install everything there. That way there was no battling with Windows Vista or Windows 7 and trying to guess where the installer expects Poser.exe to be.

You might end up with some extra files, but not that many, really. Primarily material settings and the PowerLoader for DS.

Again, I'm only going by memory, because it was so long ago. If this info is wrong maybe someone will jump up and correct it!

Choose the Daz Studio install option instead of Poser.

The only difference is that the installer no longer looks for the Poser.exe, you get the exact same files installed in the same place which ever option you choose.

So the daz studio install will install the v4 and such files where poser 2012 can find them?

That's what you're being told. :) With the DAZ Studio install option, you'll still be asked where you want to install. Just point to your preferred runtime and you're good to go.

... Sure am glad other merchants use zip files instead of those stupid installers though.

You all know that you don't have to choose the studio option, you've always been able to put them where you want them, you just change it on one of the next screens, it just usually automatically fills it out for you. I don't understand why copying the poser.exe file to the actual subdir where it's looking for it isn't working. Poser is driving me to drink...more coffee.

I also have daz studio pro should I just install everything to there and point my 2012 to that subdir?