Never experienced the crash problen on Win2K, but then I have drives G,H,I,J and K, so I'm weird. I've found in developing software that it's all too easy to get something working on your development system and have it crash on a user's machine because you forgot to include a file, or had a hardcoded directory reference slip in. That's when tools like Windows Installer are worth their weight in gold. Obviously, there is a need for something similar for Poser. CR2Edit6 sounds like a winner for those who want/can afford it. The real answer though is a built in packaging capability in Poser, though I doubt that's high on the list of features they are thinking of/thought of for Poser 5. It's going to be tough to get everyone to use an external utility consistently, even a free one. Witness the failed attempts at a standard file naming convention. I've experienced the same problems everyone else has with missing files, directory paths, etc., but on the whole, I'd have to say that they don't happen too often, especially considering Poser's (overly?) complex directory structure. It's an annoyance but since it's free and no one forced me to download any of it on my 56K dial-up, I really don't see any reason to be too put out about it. I just try to think twice before clicking. Do I really want or need this, do I know this person's work, how big is the file, etc. If I drive 20 miles and it's still a piece of shitake, I hit delete and move on to something else. Just my way of looking at it.

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