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?