I appreciate all the advice. I am working diligently to apply the suggestions. My concern right now is the fact that there are broken images in my runtime which 3dcheapskate reports as corrupted files. I could use a little input on THAT advice! It isn't any wonder that they may be corrupted. I have tried about everything my poor little pea brain can imagine to remedy this situation.

@**WandW ** your suggestion about using the DAZ Install Manager is a good one. However, it will not work for me because of the multiple runtimes I have and the way they are organized. If the manager would let you choose install path, then your suggestion would have great merit.

So I am back to square one. I am working on this and i won't give up until I get the answers I need. If I am anything, it is tenacious...

TIA

C~