Old Version Install

handyman4545

I stupidly, updated the Daz program a couple weeks ago and now I have a stupidly laid out file listing that doewn't make sense and all my Poser content, while I'm sure it's still on the system, is gone from the file listings.

Should have known better.
How do I return to the earlier version?

Richard Haseltine

Reinstalling wouldn't affect the content directory settings or UI, unless you used a utility to purge the system (AppData folders, registry, etc.).

handyman4545

Ok...

I had to open Daz, Install Manager (IM) then pan down to find the Daz Studio file.
To the far right I had the option to uninstall and after clicking it, the IM took over and seconds later, Daz was gone.

As far as re-installing...

I had to go to Daz splash screen to find the Daz FREE Software download.
After clicking it I was prompted to use a manual or IM install.
I opted for the IM install and then opened IM and in the "Ready To Install" tab of IM, found the Daz Studio file and clicked INSTALL.

That part was quick and painless.

Problem was that it reinstalled exactly as it was when I un-installed it. With the crappy update still in place.

So...

I started looking more closely at the file directory and noted after pressing the mouse "info" key a couple times (I had to see it 3 times before I actually read it) that a choice of "Show Catagory In Content Library" selection poped up.
Hmmm. I said to myself agfter looking again at the tabs and noting that while the "Smart Content" tab was present and in fact what I was looking at, the "Content Library" tab was not there.

"I wonder if that might be the issue and if there's a Content Library folder that I'm used to looking at." I thought.

Sure enough!
After right clicking in the tab field of the pane tabs I was overjoyed to find the Content Library folder included among the choices that the new update  had wiped out and after selecting it, I had my original content back albeit in different folders since I reloaded Daz.

Problem solved.