I have removed and re-installed the program plus restored the runtime folder after saving it on my desktop. But... that "damn !" error message still comes up if a texture cant be located, worse if I'm low on RAM it freezes Poser solid, only escape is cont/alt/del. Yes I did use the windows remove programs to remove the propack demo a month back but the bug only showed up yesterday, have virus checked and defragged to no avail. Virtuals orphan files theory does sound plausible. Tommy.