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Maybe I’m doing something wrong, but I get an error when trying to fix my files.
My original problem:

The error I get when trying the fix:

Any ideas?

@Punisher:

manually edit line 4, change:

to:

and line 408:

to

in the file : \My Library\data\DAZ 3D\Genesis\Base\Morphs\PDesign\Claudia\ClaudiarEye.dsf

Hope this Help you.

Had an oddity happen.  I am currently updating my Aiko 3 character files (not Genesis but Aiko 3) and upon saving out the Freja updated file and loading it again to test I got a Duplicate ID error.  Now the .duf files are not accessible so I can’t very well change anything in them.  They are all code. Upon doing a search for the files in question all the comes up in the Windows Search is the Freja Hair folder so not sure that’s it or what’s going on.

Re: .duf files: 1) You can untick the “compression” and 2) they’re .zipped, so open/unpack with any zip-opener you might have around.

Hmmm, not at home right now… where do I find the tick to decompress them?  Thanks! 

The option to save compressed is at lower-left of the options dialogue. There’s also an decompression tool in DS itself, Window>Panes(Tabs)>batch convert

Ah, thanks so much Richard!

WOW… just got around to running the decompression script within DS… works great but not sure what I’m looking for? Something with double slashes // or what would be causing a duplicate ID like this in such an older resaved file??

Just did a search using Edit Pad Pro and couldn’t find any // entries so it’s not that….

Interesting outcome…. the decompressed version of the file is not throwing ANY Duplicate ID errors.  I think that’s really odd. Meaning, in my way of seeing things, there might be something wrong with the compressed .duf files that needs to be looked into.

Very odd - please make a bug report with both versions attached.

Thank you for this script. Just started getting errors after upgrading to Daz 4.5, was wondering how on earth to fix it.

I am having an issue when trying to apply an object to my scene. Attached is a screen cap of my message and the item I am using.

It says to “check the log file” but I do not know where to begin looking.

Thanks in advance, as I am really stuck without this working.

Try seeing if the item has been updated. If it hasn’t use the script this thread discusses on it.

Fix Duplicate IDs
(c) Richard Haseltine, May 2012

A script to fix .dsf files that throw Duplicate IDs errors in DAZ Studio 4.5.

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To use the script, run it in the usual manner - it should open at the folder currently open
in the Content Library,

I’ve been having the Duplicate ID problem since installing V5 Pumps; purchased separately—worked well; purchased V5 Pro Suite, which includes it, and ran the installer again, neglecting to say yes to the uninstall warning prompt; installed one more time with a yes to the uninstall prompt. Since, every load of V5 Pumps gets a Dup ID message, stocking component now requires smoothing every time; uninstall/reinstall has no effect; uninstall Studio 4.5 and all data files has no effect!

Anyway, I got Richard’s script, but have a question: what does “run in the usual manner” look like in “brand new to all this” terms? Run it with Studio open and running? With Studio closed, open the data files and unzip/run? Where?

I’ve not used/run a script before, and would appreciate a leg up on process-specifics.