Forum: DAZ|Studio


Subject: about visual library that needed install again

atpo opened this issue on Jul 22, 2024 ยท 6 posts


atpo posted Mon, 22 July 2024 at 6:29 PM

Excuse me!

As you know, to install  DAZ  that a visual library  should be installed.  But if  this library has been existed in pc, should I choose it to install  again? Because I found that  many same libraries ,which this can affected system?

Thanks.


atpo posted Mon, 22 July 2024 at 6:33 PM

And can I delete same library but only keep one libary?


RHaseltine posted Tue, 23 July 2024 at 2:56 PM

Do you mean the content directories? The quick way to add them, if they already exist and are content installed manually or through Dasz Install Manager/Daz Central, is to right-click on the Daz Studio Formats top-level container in the Content Library and select Add Base Directory, then for Poser content right-click on Poser Formats and seelct Add Runtime Directory. In either case you want the folder that contains the Runtime and Data folders. You can then reload the metadata, for Smart Content, the Categories lists, and the presets tabs in settings panes, by opening the Content Library option menu (the lined button in the top corner, sometimes called the hamburger button), selecting Content DB Maintenance, and checking Reimport Metadata - another dialogue will open in which you can check user data (anything you had exported) and any or all products found.

Content installed through Daz Studio must, if you don't have a back up of the database, be reinstalled - you set the directory in Edit>Preferencs>Content tab>Content Directory Manager (you can also use that to add the regular content directoriesm, instead of the above method). If you select the folder that contained the previous Connect installs (the one that holds the /data/cloud/1_##### folders with the individual product data) then reinstalling should find the files, speeding the process (and reducing the bandwidth needed) compared to a new install.

You can, if you wish, select only some of the content directories previously used, or merge folders together - Daz Studio itself cares only about where the fiels are within the content directory, it doesn't care where the content directory is or what it is called; Install manager/Daz Central do, however, track the actual location starting from the drive identifier so that they can later remove the files if desired.


atpo posted Tue, 23 July 2024 at 6:49 PM

Thanks but not content.

It is  microsoft visual library. As you know ,DAZ needs  this library when it is installed. 

If I delete other same  but only leaving one, DAZ can run OK?


RHaseltine posted Wed, 24 July 2024 at 9:14 AM

Ah, Visual c++ - Daz Studio should isntall the version it needs, and Windows should manage the different versions. I would be very wary about trying to manage them manually.


atpo posted Wed, 24 July 2024 at 7:42 PM

Thanks and good health!