So I was getting all those weird error messages before, right? ( http://www.renderosity.com/messages.ez?ForumID=12356&Form.ShowMessage=694576 ) I get a new external drive, install and format it. Groovy so far. I install Poser. I check it, it works, it renders. I do the upgrade to 4.03 (or whatever the current patch is). Works, renders. Great. I copy the appropriate Runtime files and folders over to it. I try to open one of my characters. Error messages start repeating madly. Hmm. Okay, so I can't open some 50% of the files. I can't open a saved PZ3 without it crashing. I go and delete some of the RSRs for the CR2s and Geometries to see if that's it. Newp. Either won't load or won't render. Can't, in fact, render or load anything but the low poly basic Poser 3-early 4 figures and props. I have no idea what is going on here. I can see Poser getting corrupted on my original hard drive, sure. But when I put the disk in, suddenly IT is corrupted MANY months after my initial install that worked perfectly until the crash? Don't think so, Tim. I'm really at a loss here. I've scan disked, defragged, uninstalled and reinstalled, and damn near done everything else but calling a priest for an exorcism. HELP!

After you have moved your runtime folders over run the current patch again. Thats right over the one you already installed. The rsr files may only be a partial problem. Ron

Also, make sure you're deleting the correct .rsr files. The rsrs associated with the CR2s (in the Libraries folder) are just thumbnails. The ones you need to delete are in the Geometries folder, and are associated with .obj files. Regards- Lemurtek

Done that. Patched, and patched again. Deleted the appropriate RSRs in the Geometries folder. The initial one on my main drive stopped working a few days ago. The copy I installed on my external only works for the basic, no matter how many times I try to upgrade it. Maybe it's trying to tell me something.

heyas; maybe your registry is confused? (then again, maybe you're a mac person. wait a mac person with computer problems??? naaaaaaaaah!)

Yep, registry was deflicted. Tried to totally reinstall, and got an error message that I was told (subtlely) that happens a lot when a hacked copy is used. ACK! Me no think so. Ended up on the phone with CL tech help. Told me I'd probably have to reinstall Windows to repair the registry. HA! Not! Asked if replacing it with a backup would work (poor tech), and sure enough .... no problem. New install worked fine, and everything but Michael worked. Since Michael was giving me the errors on the old drive, and was now giving them on the new, I tested, went from total basic Poser figure, through Vickies, and only Michael failed repeatedly. Since Michael was loaded when the fatal 3DS error occurred, I figure he got corrupted too somehow. Walkin away for a while to breathe, then I'm gonna reinstall him and hope it works. I'm totally at a loss if it doesn't.