I am unable to install any of my zip files from Renderosity into the Runtime folder of Poser 2012. 

The path is: C:Program FilesSmith MicroPoser Pro 2012Runtime

The error I get is "Access is Denied".

Any thoughts?  Running Win7 Home Premium 64-bit.  Winzip 12.1

Thanks in advance.

Hi, Ironhelix!

IIRC, the runtime you want to use is in your My Documents folder, and will be called Runtimes (I'm not on my Poser computer right now, I'll double check later), but you want to unzip the files to that folder to install them.  Then, either refresh your runtime or start the program, and they should be there!

Good luck, and welcome!

UAC will not let you write to Program Files unless you run as administrator.

Your choices are to either install with administator priviliages or to create a runtime structure outside of Program files and add as an external runtime.

Bill

thats probably the W7 UAC in operation.

starting with Vista, Windows does not like users installing files into the program folder.

depending on how you installed your PP2012, there might be a PP2012 runtime installed to your documents folder.

even if not, you should install your working runtimes outside the program folder.

how they are set up is a personal choice. i have over 50 distinct runtimes linked to my Poser apps.

You are not suppose to save data to the Program Files folders in Vista and Windows 7.  The Documents folder is the usual place for user data.

With that said, a word of caution about zip installation.  It is best to either open the compressed file with winzip or unzip into a dummy runtime in order to examine the folder hierarchy within.  Many vendors usually adhere to the proper way to package a product.  However, freebie content may contain an additional folder where the runtime is nested into it.  Not very prudent when you start to hunt for it in your Poser library.  Also, many users will advise against bloating your app runtime with too many characters and content.  Best to start organizing and creating specific runtime folders for easy access and identification.

It's another attempt by Mickeysoft to babysit us and let us know what's good for us. It's a nonsensical PITA IMNHO. It still messes with you even as an admin. It also refuses to let you run programs it deems "dangerous". For that you need Sandboxie or the like.

Thanks everyone for the replies.  After I posted, I thought about it and just gave the directory "full control" for my user.  Since I have admin rights, I would have thought it would have let me do so anyway.  Nevertheless, I "fixed" my issue.

On the winzip issue, I always hover over the zip before I attempt to install as not evry zip follows the "proper" heirarchy conventions.  Sometimes the Runtime folder is lowercase "r" e.g., runtime, not Runtime, resulting in a secondary runtime folder.

Anyway...I'm good.  Thanks again everyone.