>>35404
>So I tried downloading "Genesis 8 Starter Essentials" and others manually. Zip files, this should be easy. Wrong!

Ok, so… a guide to Daz Content folder for noobs:
1. Open DAZ. Doesn't matter if you log in or not.
2. On the TOP MENU hit EDIT -> PREFERENCES
3. Click on a TAB called CONTENT
4. Click on CONTENT DIRECTORY MANAGER button
5. From Contents Sets list, expand "DAZ Studio Formats" with the [+] icon
6. Viola, there you see all your content folders. Mine is in D:\Daz_Assets
7. When Installing new content, unpack the downloaded zip. Navigate to a folder inside the unpacked content until you see other folders like:
data
runtime
People
Props
…etc
Copy all these folders and paste into your content folder (in my case, D:\Daz_Assets)