I was having the same problem...this is what I did.... I copied...Into a folder I named Poser Bail.. asi32_12.dll Asifont.fon asifont.fon asifont.map Asiport.rsr imageioEngiWIN.dll imagieoUtilitiesWIN.dll MtsWriter.dll Poser.dta Poser.exe Poser.rsr unPoser4.isu I keep it seperate from where poser is installed,Then when crash rears it's ugly head...I go too my poser bail folder...select all of them...Then COPY them back into the main poser folder(The real one,ya know metacreations/poser4/etc..).I have never had to do A full re-install(knock on wood)ever...If this helps and/or works lemme know?????