Moving and remapping DIM content

Joltrast

I am quickly running out of space on my primary drive and I noticed DIM is still installing content to it. I want to move and remap my DIM folder.

Everything is currently in C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ and I want to move it to another drive (for me it'll be E:\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ ).

If I remap the download location inside DIM to E:\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ and copy everything from C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ can I then safely delete the contents of C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ ?

Also, do I need to remap anthing in DAZ itself?

 

TIA!

Richard Haseltine

Joltrast said:

I am quickly running out of space on my primary drive and I noticed DIM is still installing content to it. I want to move and remap my DIM folder.

Everything is currently in C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ and I want to move it to another drive (for me it'll be E:\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ ).

If I remap the download location inside DIM to E:\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ and copy everything from C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ can I then safely delete the contents of C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ ?

Yes, you can delete. Note that there's also a Manifests folder, which needs to be left alone unless you manually edit the account ini file to set an overide directory.

Joltrast said:

Also, do I need to remap anthing in DAZ itself?

 

TIA!

These are just the downloaded zip, not the install files - DS doesn't need them 9in fact, if you don't mind redownloading should you need to reinstall the content, you don't have to keep the zips after installation at all).

Joltrast

Richard Haseltine said:

Joltrast said:

I am quickly running out of space on my primary drive and I noticed DIM is still installing content to it. I want to move and remap my DIM folder.

Everything is currently in C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ and I want to move it to another drive (for me it'll be E:\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ ).

If I remap the download location inside DIM to E:\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ and copy everything from C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ can I then safely delete the contents of C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\ ?

Yes, you can delete. Note that there's also a Manifests folder, which needs to be left alone unless you manually edit the account ini file to set an overide directory.

Thank you for the quick reply. There's also a filters file in C:\Users\Public\Documents\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\. Should I leave that too?
If I need to remap the manifests and filters to E: is the .ini file an easy edit? (I did change the download location within DIM).

EDIT: I just freed up a ton of space moving the install files. My C drive thanks you!

Richard Haseltine

The filters folder has the various pre-defined options for the search box (properly the filter box) - it's pretty small so I would leave them.

To relocate the Manifests for installed content, close DIM, move the folder, and use a text editor to open

C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\UserAccounts\Account.ini

then enter the new path in the

OverrideManifestDir=

using / instead of \ to separate folders. For example mine is

OverrideManifestDir=F:/DIM/Manifests

Joltrast

Richard Haseltine said:

To relocate the Manifests for installed content, close DIM, move the folder, and use a text editor to open

C:\Users\YOU\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\InstallManager\UserAccounts\Account.ini

then enter the new path in the

OverrideManifestDir=

using / instead of \ to separate folders. For example mine is

OverrideManifestDir=F:/DIM/Manifests

Perfect! Thank you. I've just reclaimed an insane amount of precious HDD space!