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Transferring Categories

petefaurepetefaure Posts: 50
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

Hi guys,

On an old laptop I created some extra categories, aside form the default ones, to make everything easier to find. Now I'm switching to a new computer, much more suited to using Daz, but redoing all the categories would be a lot of work. Is there any way to transfer categories from the old laptop to the new one? ('My Library will have the same location)

any help would be appreciated

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 107,885

    On the old system open the Content Library option menu (the lined button in the top corner, or right-click the tab) and select Content DB Maintenance; check Export User Data and click Accept. That will create one or more (depending on how much data there is) user data .dsx files in /Runtime/Support in the first Daz Studio content directory - copy those across to the equivalent location on the new machine, open the Content Library option menu>Content DB Mainenance, and check Reimport Metadata; in the next dialogue, check the user data option. That should do the job.

  • crosswindcrosswind Posts: 9,538
    edited September 29

    Alternatively, you can simply migrate cms database from your old machine to the new one:

    - With File Browser, go to: %appdata%\DAZ 3D, copy cms folder to an SSD
    - Then copy it to the same location of your new PC.

    Then all of the existing metadata as well as your customized categories will be intact. Also check this thread, in which I wrapped up a full process of how to easily and quickly migrate everything of DS / cms from old PC to the new one:

    https://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/comment/9128591/#Comment_9128591

    Post edited by crosswind on
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