Moved to new PC - Custom Category File Location?
notiusweb
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Hello, I installed Daz 4.10 on new Win 10 PC and am interested in process of importing the category settings from my old, now unused, Win 7 C drive. Was there a file that I can copy over vs recreating all the categories again. What would that file be called, or what file *.type * should I be looking for on my old drive? Content is showing fine as I moved my content/data drive to new PC, just would like to have my custom categories now as well for the new installation.
Thanks for any assistance!
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Did you export User Data on the old PC - Content Library pane option menu (the lined button in the top corner, or right-click the tab)>Content DB Maintenance, then check the export Userdata option. If so that will have placed a UserData.dsx file (or files, with numeric suffixes) in the /Runtime/Support folder - those are the custom categorisations.
Appreciate it, Richard. Does this mean I will be re-importing the database, or does it just by being copied into a folder then 'organize' the content?
I guess I have to 'Re-import Metadata' from the Content Database Maintenance Menu, right?
Thx!
Yes, and then check the User Data and, if you aren't reinsytalling, the Product Data.
Thanks Richard.
LOL...I did this, and it doesn't work. Imports but nothing shows in the menu (product data, categories menu-items are not there after re-import).
But what else is new, right? This whole category meta-data thing has always been a quagmire for everyone, never was implemented properly I guess.
Oh well
Wait a second...I have to first install PostgreSQL thing in DIM....!
It worked!