DIM and previously installed content
N-RArts
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I was just wondering if there was a way of DIM detecting content (from the Daz Store) that had already been installed previously. I've just moved to a new computer, which meant a fresh install of everything. Or does it only know of content that has been installed since DIM has been installed on that machine.
Apologies if I haven't explained it very well.
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If you look in DIM preferences, there's a folder called "Manifest Archive". When DIM installs something on a machine, it creates a corresponding "manifest file" in that folder: it's a small text file listing which files were installed where and when. That's how it knows which products are installed on this PC and which have an update pending.
If you copy the content of the Manifest Archive folder of your old PC into the Manifest Archive folder on your new PC (while DIM is closed) it will then see those products as already installed on the new PC.
Do you still have the manifest files?
It is the manifest files DIM uses to track what is installed and where.