You now have the following choices:

• Download All Files - Check the “Product Updates” or “Products” boxes and all your files will be selected under each header. Click “Start Queue”.
• Download Selected Files - This is the same, but instead, individually select the files you want to download. This is good if you run multiple programs and want to download to separate locations. Again, click the “Start Queue” once you have made your choices.
• Download One File at a Time - To download a single file in the list, you can click the “Download” button to the right of the file you want to download.
• Install after Download - If this check box is ticked, anything you download will install immediately after download. The files will install to the location you have set in “Settings”, so if you have multiple locations, make sure you have the correct one selected before choosing this option.
• View the Product Documentation - You can view a product's online documentation at any time by clicking the “i” to the far right of the Product Name.
• Clear Queue - You can clear your selections at any time by clicking the Clear Queue button.

Clicking the Refresh Button causes the lists on the Ready to Download Page, Ready to Install Page and Installed Page, in the Product Status area, to be rebuilt from the information available at that moment in time. For the average user, this is useful for causing the list on the Ready to Download Page to refresh when a new purchase has been made on the DAZ 3D store, after you have already signed in to your account with Install Manager. For the advanced user, this is also useful if you have made changes to the downloads folder or configuration files while the application is running.

Below is a list of interface elements that the Refresh Button can exist within:

• Main Window - The main window of the application.

Once you have logged into Install Manager you will see the following screen.

In the top right corner is a small Gear icon. This is where you access your settings.

Click the “Gear icon” now.

For more advanced information on these Features, please see: User Interface (UI)

We will now move to the Downloads Page to begin telling IM where we want things to go…

Using the application Show filter - Sometimes finding what you want in your account can be a bit daunting. Especially if you have a large catalog of purchases. In this section, you can filter the products by the application(s) you choose. Different combinations will give different results. If you are expecting a file you do not see, try adding another filter to your selection. Older files are backwards compatible, with some exceptions. This means if you have DAZ Studio 4.5 selected you will see more content than if you select DAZ Studio 3. DS 3 will not read .DSF (DS 4) or .DUF (DS 4.5) files so any of this type content would be filtered out. DS 4.5 will read all files extension, so you would see a great deal more products listed.

Once you have your location added, switch over to the Installation Page…

Install To - If you use one program and have a single location set for content installation, you will see “Recommended Folder”. If you use multiple programs such as DAZ Studio, Poser and Carrara on the same machine, you may have multiple content locations mapped. If you add your various folder paths, you will be able to choose where you want your content to be installed at any given time. For more on this please see Installing With Install Manager (WIP).

• To change the Recommended Folder location, click the “…” browse button next to the path in the list. Browse to the new location.
• To add another location, click the ” + ” button in the lower left corner and browse to the folder location you want to add. Once it is added, you can now select it from the drop down list above.

Any added locations will now be available in the Install To: drop-down selection above.

The Applications tab simply shows a list of paths where recognized software is located.

When you are done, select “Accept” and the settings window will save your changes and close. You will now be back in the main interface.

You can quickly sort your files by “A to Z” or by several other options. The “Sort Order” drop-down contains the following selections:

• Name: A to Z - Sorts the list by descending alphabetical order.
• Name: Z to A - Sorts the list by ascending alphabetical order.
• Product ID: Highest First - Highest ID, in descending order.
• Product ID: Highest First - Lowest ID, in ascending order.
• Download Size: Largest First - Largest Zip size, in descending order.
• Download Size: Smallest First - Smallest Zip size, in ascending order.
• Download Date: Recent First - Newest downloaded, in descending order.
• Download Date: Oldest First - Oldest downloaded, in ascending order.
• Order Date: Recent First - Newest purchases, in descending order.
• Order Date: Oldest First - Oldest purchases, in ascending order.
• Status: Busy First - Active Zips in Queue, in descending order.
• Status: Idle First - Idle Zips in Queue, in ascending order.
• Selection: Selected First - Selected Zips in Queue in descending order.
• Selection: Non-Selected First - Non-Selected Zips in Queue in ascending order.

Filtering in Install Manager is very easy, but also has very advanced filtering modifiers available. We will cover the basic keyword filtering below. Please refer to the Reference Guide section on Advanced Filtering for more ways to view the products you want to see, and how you want to see them.

If you want to filter your file view to show only specific files, you can type your chosen keyword in the “Filter Field” as shown in the left-hand image below. We used 'Genesis'. Only products with the keyword 'Genesis' in the name, are showing. You can also use phrases. If you know all or part of a product name, type it in and the filter will show any products with that particular 'phrase'.

The nice thing about this feature is that is keeps your checked selections as you change filter words. Here, we are going to check the selection boxes for 'Genesis'.

In the right-hand image below, we left our “Genesis” filtered products checked, and then filtered by 'Victoria' and checked these products as well. When we return to our full list of products, you can see both filtered selections we made remain checked. The “Genesis” products remained checked, even when we ran a new filter and added the other product for “Victoria”.