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DS fresh install

BobvanBobvan Posts: 2,653
edited September 2019 in The Commons

I am looking for guidance for ALL files that need to be manually removed following the unistaller. I attempted to do it this morning but some stuff was still "memorized" when I re installed. Win 10 machine

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  • Doc AcmeDoc Acme Posts: 1,153

    I just went through this the other day.  If you uninstall then re-install, there will be path names retained if that's what you're refering to. I suspect this is simply an entry remnant deep in the registry. Those will update when you do the install if you change them.

    I installed DS first (as in NOT the DIM first), making sure Paths were where I wanted them.  There will still be things put into C:\Program Files\DAZ 3D\, particularly the \PostgreSQL CMS and there's no way around that.  However, if you install DS to a different drive, it will put one there as well & both are need.

  • BobvanBobvan Posts: 2,653

    Yes and in spite of deleting them all the new install had some stuff "memorized"

  • BejaymacBejaymac Posts: 1,943

    DS stores a lot of the user data in AppData, it also stores a heck of a lot of data in the registry, and it doesn't remove any of it when you uninstall the program, so to get back to a "virgin" install you are going to have to remove the data from both locations.

    A word of warning though, registry editing is best left to people that know what they are doing, as one mistake in there can totally **** up your system.

  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449

    There is stuff in the Program data folder.

  • BobvanBobvan Posts: 2,653
    edited October 2019

    I know wich files to delete in Registry> this is the list I had

    C:\Program Files\DAZ Studio, C:\Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\DAZ Studio and

    C:\Document and Settings\All Users\Application Data\DAZ Studio

    Find and delete registry entries of the program, such as in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\DAZ Studio and

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\DAZ Studio (this may be older it does not show)

    In spite of all that some paths, interface and stuff I had registered still showed as such.

    I ALWAYS make a win backup image when I am going to tinker with stuff.

    Edit I found the little buggers will try again..My laptop is for experimenting..

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