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DAZ UPDATE destroyed my interface - Cannot find how to reinstall update

ebonartgalleryebonartgallery Posts: 252
in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

http://www.daz3d.com/forums/discussion/139011/update-changed-the-look-of-daz-and-nothing-works-anymore-solved

I have this same problem. He says he reinstallted the update and it works now.

How do you reinstall the update? There are no manual links for this.

Install manager has no record of it running it, it's not in the manifest files, nothing appears in 'files installed', etc, etc.

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  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001

    Log into your store account, go to your Product Library > sort by Name, then Daz Studio 4.9.  There you will find the manual installer link. 

  • ebonartgalleryebonartgallery Posts: 252
    mjc1016 said:

    Log into your store account, go to your Product Library > sort by Name, then Daz Studio 4.9.  There you will find the manual installer link. 

    That's the full program. not the update. He said he reinstalled the update. If I reinstall the program won't that destroy all my work up until now? That absolutelty cannopt occur.

  • diogenese19348diogenese19348 Posts: 927

    I just looked, the update is the full program.  I still haven't figured how to get the DM to reinstall it though and I'm pretty sure mamually replacing all the files is the wrong way to go about it.  The update is IM00013176-02_DAZStudio49Win64bit.zip

  • diogenese19348diogenese19348 Posts: 927

    OK, what happened with me is the DAZ Studio 4.9 stayed in the "Ready To Intsall" column, take a look there and see if you can find it.  When I reinstaled, everything came up properly. 

  • ebonartgalleryebonartgallery Posts: 252

    Well I took a chance and reinstalled - things seems to be fine now,. Now I need to go lay down :(

  • ShelLuserShelLuser Posts: 749
    ebonartgallery said:
    mjc1016 said:

    That's the full program. not the update. He said he reinstalled the update. If I reinstall the program won't that destroy all my work up until now? That absolutelty cannopt occur.

    I know you already solved it but I still wanted to provide some extra context. If you re-install Daz Studio then this won't directly involve your own data. So your renders, your content libraries and your settings... For the simple reason that your data is stored in a different place than Studio itself. For example: on my PC DS resides in d:\program files\Daz 3D\DazStudio4. My content library sits on d:\media\Daz 3D Library. While my data directory which contans all my settings, presets, etc. sits on C (C:\Users\Peter\AppData\Roaming\DAZ 3D\Studio4).

    So even if I re-install Daz Studio it wouldn't directly affect anything in those data directories.

    A little caution is always a good thing, but you don't have to worry too much about a re-installation removing all your data.

     

  • mjc1016mjc1016 Posts: 15,001
    edited January 2017

    Another little bit...with Studio there are NO UPDATES.  It is ALWAYS the full program that is installed/reinstalled, not an update.  Yes, it is an updated version, but there is no incremental update/patch/etc versions.

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  • jestmartjestmart Posts: 4,449

    To reinstall from DIM you first need to uninstall.  Find Studio in the Installed tab, check it and Start Queue.

  • ebonartgalleryebonartgallery Posts: 252

    Good to know. Thanks everyone for helping with my hando-wringing meltdown :)

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,204
    edited January 2017

    also there is an xml file in Application data under DAZ somewhere (I am on my iPad I cannot look)

    that has your UI preferences, one could try properties previous versions

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
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