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Installing DAZ and DAZ content on D drive, not C drive

NormNorm Posts: 71
edited July 2018 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I just had the motherboard of my previous computer fry, so I got a new one (Nvidea too, yahoo!!!!).  But, I really [mess]ed up the instation. I have directories all over the place, and about 30% of the 2,400+ products I own are nowhere to be found. Pehaps I should uninstall everything and start totally from scratch.

Damn thing is, my C drive is on a chip and my D drive is on a seperate disc, not a partition. Daz won't fit on my C drive. I have too much content. I would appreciate it if someone could walk me through this without getting too technical, I am dumb as a rock. frown

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 102,805
    edited July 2018

    How are you installing? if with Install Manager click the gear icon at top-right to open Preferences, go to the Installation tab, click the + button to add a new entry, given it a name, and select a folder on D:, then click the button labelled Current and set the new folder. The to sync DS download http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/file_io/install_manager_config_import/start and drag it into the DS Viewport to run it.

    In general, you probably want to move you whole Documents folder to D:  -most applications, including DS if it hadn't already been installed, will then use that for their document path. Find the folder under C:/Users/YOU, right-click, select Properties, go to the Location tab, click Move and select a folder on D:. You can do the same for the other user-content folders - Pictures, Music, etc.

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  • NormNorm Posts: 71

    The to sync DS download http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/scripting/api_reference/samples/file_io/install_manager_config_import/start and drag it into the DS Viewport to run it.

    I find that a bit daunting. Is there an easier way without having to insert the script, even if I have to uninstall then reinstall Daz and my 2,400 content items?

  • NormNorm Posts: 71

    Thank you Richard.

    Any other opinions on this? Although I am a longtime Daz user (2,400+ items purchesed from them) I am not qualified to modify the registry of my computer with this script just to install or reinstall Daz. I am an artist, not a computer hobbyist.

    Many, soon most, modern computers will have the 'mini C Drive'. Hasn't Daz caught up with this trend? The 'D' drive of new machines supplants many of the features we were used to with 'C' drives. 

    If Daz expects its customers to insert "script" (what ever that is)  to the program and/or registry just to install their product they may be in for a consumer revolt.

    Again my friends; does anyone know a simple, painless way to install Daz on a D drive without touching the C drive?

  • NormNorm Posts: 71

    Thanks Richard, between your advice and some Google and You Tube stuff I am back to 95% functionality, and yes, my downloads are now going smoothly into my D drive.

    I suspect in the future you will see many others with the same problem I had. The nature of the C drive in windows seems to have changed.

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