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In the early days I used winrar and it would often gimme extraction errors.
Discovered good old 7zipz and have never looked back since.
So, with daz downloads I have always used 7zip to drag files from .rar zips into my content folder.
I never have any problems but today I was installing some content to different content folder and came across this error.
The product .rar file is IM00061621-01_dForceFiestaOutfitforGenesis8Females and is from the Gabriela 8 Pro Bundle.
I decided to try extract with an old version of winrar that i had and to my suprise it extracted the .rar without the error.
I am using the latest 7zip and wonder if any one else has this problem extracting this product with 7zip.
I already have the dress in my main content folder so i have obviously extracted it before. I am thinking I must have used winrar to extract it for the first install because thats the only way I could have extracted in the first place. I am curious to know what would be causing the error with 7zip. Can anyone else open it with 7zip?Can you give me the url of that product? It IS strange that 7zip has errors, but there is always an exception. I would like to know what OS are you using it on (I guess Win) ...
This shouldn't happen to you ... You're doing something wrong.
Rule number 1: NEVER install with the drag&drop.Ok...Now, I have the "dForce Fiesta...". And yes, the duf´s ara in blank.. O bites.
Or error from the Vendor, or the uploader.
I think, the first..Well. Now, I think is a problem for the stupid uploader.. This works fine.
Fiesta...@Abad your comment of Rule number 1: NEVER install with the drag&drop.
This comment has stayed in the back of my mind and I should have asked why but didn't.
I want to be educated and learn.
I have always used winrar or 7zip to open up zips and rars,
and then to drag the contents out and into a folder.
Why do you say this is not a good thing to do.@globalrecession2009, Simply because you have not created any metadata. Renderosity, Renderotica, etc ..., do not generate zip files to install in DIM.
That makes it difficult to uninstall a product if it is not to your liking. But if it is to your liking to have a "My daz content library" folder of 2TBytes, that's your problem. That's why I created the minifier ...
Better use a program called "Content Package Assistant".
This wonderful software creates metadata for you in 4 clicks. Simply, by the vendor id: "mist" as an example, number "00011", write the package name, create a unique ID number automatically, make it compatible with "daz 4.5+" and then install it through by DIM. It is VERY ADVISABLE !!!
And, sorry for the delay/lag, my dear Kiwi. We are at the antipodes!Ok thanks for explaining, I appreciate it, and i do see the point your making, but I dont use DIM to install stuff so I dont extract the Manifest and Supplement .dsx files, I dont use the smart content, and so i leave them and open the content folder and then drag the data,people, runtime etc into to my content folder.
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