I don't know if this problem is due to the recent patch (SR2) but once in a while when I start Poser Pro 2012 it opens with no windows (i.e. such as the camera control, light control, editing tools, animation control, etc...).  In addition, when I click on the material tab it no longer goes to the material room but opens a "floating" window on top of my pose room.  Materials are still editable but I prefer to be in a "separate" room. 

I can easily open and redock all windows, and these changes seem stable for awhile when closing and reopening the poser program, but then once in awhile it opens again with no windows visible/docked as if my settings haven't been saved (or they have been lost).

Anybody having the same problem?

What operating system do you use?

Hi Mauk,

I am running Windows7 64-bit home version.  I installed Poser Pro 2012 to its own directory on my D drive and not in either of the program directories.  I had several months of no problems with the default installation.  These problems seem to correspond to after I install the SR2 patch so I was curious if there is a connection. 

You might try setting a UI Dot with your desired setup so you can simply click it if Poser comes up empty...

Did you elect to keep your present preferred settings at the time or have it overwritten or backed up?  There have been other posts where the last 2 options were selected and the program defaulted to factory settings.

Hi WandW -- nice suggestion, I will try that. 

Hi hborre; When I setup the interface to the way that I like it, I save the preferences so that poser will open with my settings.  If it is overwriting the preferences then I don't understand why it is so random.  I will open and use the program for several days and everything is great, then suddenly it opens with just the main window.  Also once this occurs, the Material room no longer exists as a "room" but just a "floater" over the poser room (if that makes any sense).  If it is overwriting my preferences, is there a way to fix this (nuisance) problem?

I wonder if this isn't a Poser.ini corruption.  By deleting the Poser.ini and letting the application rebuild it might solve your problem.  However, by deleting the file you will need to reestablish you external runtimes.  I am not currently at my own computer to assist you further on how to locate and delete the file (personally, I would change the extension only rather then delete the file), maybe someone else can chime in with the procedures.

I have experience modifying .ini files (for games) so I will make a backup of the poser.ini prior to deleting it and see if this can fix the problem. 

I don't know if this would have any affect but I test many of my models in poser without using a conventional runtime structure -- i.e., I import my mesh and textures from my WIP folders to check out how they look when rendered in poser.  Sometimes I tweak the mesh or textures in external programs and change the files and then store these variations in different folders while having Poser 'idle' in the background.  When I am happy I move everything into a conventional poser runtime setup -- i.e. geometry folder, libraries folders and texture folders.  Could I be screwing up/confusing poser file references?

the problem seems to be installed on drive D poser, that not every time can properly load the gui program. In addition, the sr2 patch can amplify the problem.

I advise you to reinstall Poser in default, and possibly moving the runtime to another disk

Quote - the problem seems to be installed on drive D poser, that not every time can properly load the gui program. In addition, the sr2 patch can amplify the problem. I advise you to reinstall Poser in default, and possibly moving the runtime to another disk

Since P7 I've always installed Poser in D:, and have never had such a problem...

All of my Poser material is on drive D. I don't think that is your problem.

Thank you for all the replies.  I too have run my previous versions of poser (7 and 2010) off the D: drive without any problems.  In addition, as of last summer my new computer configuration is a SSD as the C: drive and a 2 TB conventional HD as the D: drive.  The SSD drive isn't terrible big so I am trying to avoid putting too much on it besides the OS.  I will try both WandW and hborre's suggestions. 

Dear all,

I haven't been able to resolve my problem.  In addition, today I tried to use the cloth room and it won't opened -- Poser remains in the poser room.  I also found that the hair tab no longer takes me to the hair (simulation) room.  So it looks like I have to reinstall Poser. 

I remain suspicous that the installation of patch 2.1 messed things up.  But since I seem to be the only one having this type of problem then there is something else at fault which I can't put my finger on.

If all else fails, make your video driver is the latest avaliable...

Yes, I checked my video driver this morning and it is the up-to-date version (Nvidia 296.10).  The strange thing is that occasionally I get a dialog error box when I start photoshop telling me that there has been an error with the display driver.  I wonder if I should roll-back the driver to an early version and see if my problems get resolved.