IT'S CLEAN-UP SEASON!! - Keep your Downloads folder in order!
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IT'S CLEANUP SEASON!!
Shiny pre-made folders with sub-folders for different situations!!

THE KEEPERS-KICKERS
Folder ready with Subfolders!!
Keep your favourite items for years to come, in tidy back-ups! And kick whatever you don't really like.
- Stuff you love, that you'll want to have in all your games, present and future
- Stuff you want to share
- Stuff you might use in your uploads (if you're a creator)
- Stuff you're not sure you'll like
- Buggy stuff, stuff with parts missing or misbehaving.
** If you have buggy stuff that needs fixing or testing, view the Game Help section of MTS
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help
** You shouldn't be running the game while you do this.
i) DON'T put it in your game folders. Keep this on your computer desktop or somewhere else OTHER THAN your game folders.
ii) Depending how much content you wish to keep, you can burn this on CDs or DVDs for a back-up of your favourite downloaded content.
1- Identify in your current Downloads folder the CC you wish to keep.
2- Open the folder called "KEEPERS-KICKERS". Put all the content you can identify in the according folders within this one. There's those you keep, those you still need to test (look at, and decide if it's funny, pretty or what), and those you'll kick. There is subfolders for each category of items.
3- Subfolders are divided by the Type of content each item is. If that's too much micro-management for you, delete all subfolders except "Bodyshop" and "Non-Bodyshop" and divide your stuff accordingly to that criteria only. It will still save you some time in case you need to go bug-hunting.
4- If you still have unidentifiable content, you can try sorting it out by running Sims2Pack Clean Installer and looking at the Type column to identify what kind of content it is.
TIDY-DOWNLOADS-FOLDER
Ready with Subfolders!!
Tidy-up your pile of Downloads without any extra program!
- New players installing the game for the first time
- Experienced players wanting a tidier Downloads folder without installing new programs
- People formatting their computer and reinstalling everything tidierly
- Easier to decide where to put stuff, easier to retrieve stuff later
- Subfolders identical to the sub-categories in Sims2Pack Clean Installer, for an easy sorting of files.
** You shouldn't be running the game while you do this.
1- Put your current Downloads folder on your Computer Desktop or some other place where it will be easy to find, NOT among your game files.
2- Open the folder called "TIDY-DOWNLOADS-FOLDER". Put all the content you can identify in the according folders within this one.
3- Subfolders are divided by the Type of content each item is. If that's too much micro-management for you, delete all subfolders except "Bodyshop" and "Non-Bodyshop" and divide your stuff accordingly to that criteria only. It will still save you some time in case you need to go bug-hunting.
4- If you have unidentifiable content, you can try sorting it out by running Sims2Pack Clean Installer and looking at the Type column to identify what kind of content it is.
5- If Clean Installer is unable to identify the content, and the name of the item doesn't help, the TIDY-DOWNLOADS-FOLDER has a subfolder called UNIDENTIFIED-No-Idea. You can put all your unknown files there.
If you forget how to manage this, you can download the file 'Information.zip' it contains the entire text of this post.
That's it! I hope this helps you keep your Downloads folder in order!

Have a good day.
Thanks to the creators of Sims2Pack Clean Installer, which makes sorting out content and installing it, sooo much easier for everyone!
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Keepers-Kickers.zip
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Install Instructions
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. Place in Downloads Folder: Cut and paste the .package file(s) into your Downloads folder:
- Origin (Ultimate Collection): Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows Vista/7/8/10: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Mac: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
- Mac x64: /Library/Containers/com.aspyr.sims2.appstore/Data/Library/Application Support/Aspyr/The Sims 2/Downloads
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
- Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.
- If you don't have a Downloads folder, just make one. See instructions at: Game Help: No Downloads Folder.
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Updated: 25th Jul 2018 at 1:06 PM
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