I'm new to Poser and DAZ Studio and am loving it, but have already found installing and managing the runtime a pain in the proverbial backside. I've discovered that I am not alone in this and have read quite a bit of advice in this forum and others. I'm looking at purchasing some third party software to manage this and would like one or more packages to do the following things:

• Batch install both .zip files and DAZ installers
• Install or safely move content into a logical and customisable file structure. Not just clothing and props, but related textures, poses and morphs.
• I'd like packages that I relate together to be near each other in the file structure. For example, in the folder for the Valiant package would be all the Valiant files (Clothing, props and poses) and then sub-folders for related content such as Dauntless and Navarre.

It really irritates me that the files from packages are scattered all over the content/runtime folders as it makes it almost impossible to use anything from default. I've started to use separate runtime folders to help organise, but it doesn't help that much.

What I'd really like is something like the Categorization in DAZ Studio, but not having to set everything up manually. I could set it up for my purposes, but it is slow to do and you wipe it off when you reset your content folders.

3D Content Installer seems to do the batch installing, but is their anything for the other stuff?

As a side-note and recommendation, I would think small where external runtimes are concerned.  Too many individuals get caught up in creating runtime upon runtime of content and completely lose sight of what they have.  Install content that you will be certain to use most, if not all, the time.  That would include models, morphs and basic textures.  Then think about the type of project you would like to develop.  Gather your textures, props and clothing, dump them into a special project runtime, create your art, and then delete the folder.  You eliminate HD clutter, save precious HD space (I don't care how large your HD is, it is never enough to hold Poser content), plus you know what you have.

Make it easy for yourself.  You will realize soon enough how quickly you can get buried literally in your art.