jquin3 opened this issue on Aug 21, 2009 · 5 posts
jquin3 posted Fri, 21 August 2009 at 1:21 AM
I have Poser 7 and am thinking about getting Poser 8. If i do get Poser 8, what's the best way to get the runtime from Poser 7? Copy the runtime folder or just link the runtime folders of poser 7 to poser 8? I want to uninstall poser 7 after installing poser 8 actually.
ratscloset posted Fri, 21 August 2009 at 1:47 AM
The best way is to Copy the Runtime Folder from Poser 7 (if you have it the Program Folder) to a new Folder (such as Poser 7 Content) located in a Data Folder, such as the Documents or Public Shared Folder. Then launch Poser 8 and Add the new location as a Runtime. Do the same for your Download: Runtime if you have any content installed there.
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jquin3 posted Sat, 22 August 2009 at 1:28 AM
Ok, then when I have copied the Poser 7 runtime to Poser 8, can I uninstall Poser 7 and remove its accompanying runtime without disturbing the copied runtime in Poser 8?
nruddock posted Sat, 22 August 2009 at 4:08 AM
Quote - Ok, then when I have copied the Poser 7 runtime to Poser 8 ...
This is important, don't copy the Runtime into P8, bad things will happen.
RC suggested making a copy of the directory elsewhere, then connecting that directory in P8 as an external Runtime.
You can then remove the remainder of your P7 installation.
However there really is no need to uninstall P7 (it won't save that much space), you can connect the Runtime directly in P8.
Dead_Reckoning posted Sat, 22 August 2009 at 6:18 AM
Quote - > Quote - However there really is no need to uninstall P7 (it won't save that much space), you can connect the Runtime directly in P8.
:0) - You can also use P7 to convert the older rsr files that p8 will not do.
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