Brad
I agree with you re: “data all over the place” FXp changed their installer process over the course of time with BFD versions. My installation probably looks much like yours. There are multiple paths. You probably have the following.
C:\users\yourname\appdata\roaming…blah
C:\Program Files\Fxpansion
C:\Program Files (x86)\Fxpansion
C:\ProgramData\Fxpansion
Plus whatever your library location is (if different than default)
Some things to try and/or be aware of.
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The new 3.4 version resides in paths named "…\BFD Drums. All the old FXp stuff is under the original path “…\Fxpansion…”. Keep this in mind if your rooting around in directories.
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If you open the License manager - Be sure to only use the new one as you will have two of them now. I made this mistake a couple of time and this looked to be the reason for the multiple download issue. Both license managers have their own download status/pending cache info stored in …\appdata\ and I think they get crossed up if you open both managers at different moments. - just a guess.
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Set your new BFD 3.4 shortcut to always start in admin mode. It’s a checkbox located under properties, under the “compatibility” tab if you haven’t already.
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If 3.4 simply does not open up for you at all. Try renaming your library path if you can, which will force BFD into asking you to set up content paths for the first time. You can then try starting over.
If you want to pursue this and are comfortable with a Teamviewer session, I’m happy to assist.
Again, poorly written error exit process. Just because it works on a Mac isn’t a free pass.
Best/
John