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Clean reinstall of DS4

Jaxon60Jaxon60 Posts: 0
edited December 1969 in New Users

Something has happened to the content in my installation. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but it seems to think there is content but cannot find it to load. How can I do a clean reinstall to resolve this? Thanks

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,990
    edited December 1969

    Which application? If DS, where are you looking - Smart Content or the Content Library?

  • Scott LivingstonScott Livingston Posts: 4,340
    edited December 1969

    Are you using the DAZ Install Manager (DIM)? This was my procedure to do a clean reinstall of DAZ Studio just yesterday. I ran into some issues with Smart Content but managed to resolve them. It's probably not the BEST method, but at least it worked:

    1. I uninstalled the CMS and DAZ Studio.
    2. I ran all the content uninstallers I had. I left other content alone, including non-DAZ content and the few things I didn’t have uninstallers for.
    3. I reinstalled DS4.5
    3. I ran DIM and installed everything to DIM’s default location. It took less than four hours to download and install 476 items!
    4. I added the new “My DAZ Library” location to mapped directories within the Content Database Manager, accessible through the Active Pane Menu icon on the Content Library pane.
    5. I clicked that icon again and selected “Content Database Management,” then re-imported all metadata and removed orphaned file references

    At this point, in Smart Content, I could see a bunch of functional icons and a bunch with those exclamation-point-in-a-yellow-triangle error icons.

    6. I went back to the Content Database Manager and removed the old “My Library” mapped location

    Now Smart Content was working fine…but of course, the non-DAZ stuff I had kept was no longer accessible through the Content Library.

    7. I added the old “My Library” location again (in the Content Database Manager).

  • atticanneatticanne Posts: 3,009
    edited December 1969

    Thanks. I had not thought of your Step #7. Cool info.

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