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Subject: Windows Vista and Poser 7


ladyperiwinkle ( ) posted Sun, 25 January 2009 at 4:36 PM · edited Sun, 02 February 2025 at 2:46 PM

Can some please help me

My computer crashed to the point where I had to go and buy a new one (had it for 7 years), well any how it had windows xp -- I had no problems working with it. Now I have windows Vista  Now when I installed my Poser 7 it installed fine -- then I installed all the 4.2 morphs, now I get this prompt. Can some one help me.  Poser Executable File has Stopped Working --- where are the Poser Executable File located  at?
 

Thank you


svdl ( ) posted Sun, 25 January 2009 at 5:29 PM

I assume you've installed Poser in C:Program Files - the normal place to install programs.
Well, if there's something that Vista DOESN'T like, it's data changes in the Program Files folder. Usually, only the TrustedInstaller account has any right to change stuff in there.
For most programs, this is perfectly fine. Not for Poser, which wants to keep its data in a subfolder of its program folder. Quite likely this is the reason that Poser has stopped working - it tried to change a file that it wasn't allowed to change.
Poser Pro has been updated to work on Vista with the default installation settings, Poser 7 and earlier have not.
I strongly advise to install Poser 7 in a folder outside the C:Program FIles folder structure, for example, in D:Poser 7 (that is, if you have partitioned your drive. Another thing I highly recommend).

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ladyperiwinkle ( ) posted Sun, 25 January 2009 at 7:27 PM

I have D drive -- now can I just cut and paste poser in the D drives-- I have all my items download in it. How do i open up the d drive?


Paul Francis ( ) posted Mon, 26 January 2009 at 10:06 AM

Make a copy of your Poser Runtime folder on your C drive; do a fresh reinstall of Poser on your D drive.  When it's done, replace  the Poser runtime folder on the D drive with the copy you made from your C drive earlier.  I run Poser 7 with Vista 64 and have no problems at all.

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pzrite ( ) posted Mon, 26 January 2009 at 11:02 AM

I have both Poser 6 and Pro running on my Vista 64-bit machine.  I recently had to reinstall everything (because of a $#@#! virus) and both Poser versions started crashing almost immediately after I opened them.  I also got the "Poser executable...." message.

After reinstalling both versions, they still kept crashing.  What helped for me was to run Poser ONCE as administrator (right clicking on Poser and selecting "Run as Administrator) and then opening it normally after that.  No more crashes.

But yeah, I'm sure it also had something to do with the way Vista handles program files.
I have my Poser program folder right off the main C: directory.  I heard that also helps in some cases too.


eyeorderchaos ( ) posted Mon, 26 January 2009 at 11:37 AM

For whatever it's worth:

I run Poser 7 on my Vista 64 machine with no problems whatsoever, I simply installed the program to my c drive in a folder named Poser 7.

   IOW,  C:/Poser 7

and NOT in either program files directories     (x86, and regular)

But I also, first and foremost before doing ANYTHING with Vista, discovered the best way to disable the infuriating "permissions" issue that pervades the wacky world of Vista in the name of security. Mind you, my  Vista box is not connected to the internet, (nor will it be), so security is less of a concern.  I'm sorry, that was months ago, and I don't recall exactly what that best way is, but it took some research and some trial and error, but I finally got it to the point where I was never hassled again by lack of "permission" to do whatever the heck I want to do on my own computer. 


-Timberwolf- ( ) posted Mon, 26 January 2009 at 12:30 PM

I installed Poser on Vista 64SR1 in F:/Poser /.../ and it still tends to crash.Poser 7 SR2.1 seems to be more stable than SR3 .


TrekkieGrrrl ( ) posted Mon, 26 January 2009 at 1:59 PM · edited Mon, 26 January 2009 at 2:00 PM

 It may be a video driver issue, even if your computer is brand new.

My Poser kept crashing every time I loaded M4 into the scene. As soon as I moved the mouse - BOOM! Dead!

I've temporarily solved the problem by changing from the OpenGL preview and to SreeD.

Try that and see if it remedies the stuation. IF that helps, you should go get the newest drivers from your (Nvidia?) card :)

The "Poser Executional File" is Poser.exe - the program itself :)

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-Timberwolf- ( ) posted Mon, 26 January 2009 at 2:06 PM

Went to nVidea side and installed the latest driver.Now let's wait and see.


ladyperiwinkle ( ) posted Sat, 31 January 2009 at 12:37 PM

Thank you all, but everything I have tried never worked for -- returning the computer today and getting my money back.


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