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Step 1: Organizing Downloads
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Start by creating a new Downloads folder for this exercise. Open your file Explorer. First, be sure the File Explorer is set to "Folders". This will show the main folder heirarchy in your left pane, and the contents of any highlighted folder in the right pane. You may also want to set your View to "List" so you will see the names clearly and not be distracted by large folder icons.

Go to My Documents and create a new folder, naming it !PzDz_Downloads. Notice the exclamation point in front of the name – this is to make it appear at the top of the list, for easy finding.
Open your new folder, and create five new sub-folders: Aiko3, Animals, Hair, Sci-Fi, and Toons. It should look like the example image here.

Now you are ready to download the Bridge Starter Pack. You will see the link to it on the left of this page under the menu.
3d Bridge
Starter Pack
Add the 3d Bridge Starter Pack to your cart and go through check out. (You must be a registered member at DAZ Productions – registration is free.) You will probably be asked to sign in again as a precaution. It may also at one point ask for a payment method if you have never purchased before. If so, just pick PayPal – it won’t ask any other information, it just needs a method of payment recorded in order to proceed. Once you complete the “purchase” at $0 you will find the content in your Account, under Available Downloads.

Before downloading, give a moment’s thought to how you want to name them. Renaming files at the time you download is an important step toward keeping them organized. Organizing folders and subfolders can be a great help, but if a file is then named RD_1539, you won’t know what it is. I suggest starting with the actual name of the file. You may also wish to add a character abbreviation if intended for a particular character. Even if you have separate folders or sub-folders for your character downloads, files can get misplaced, so this can come in handy. You might decide to include other information in the file name, such as the creator and the store name, or whatever you think you might need.
Some examples:

ProductName_DAZ/Original  =  MilDragon01_DzO.exe
Character_Outfit_Creator_Store/Original  = A3_MechGirl_The3dWizard_DzO.exe
Character_OutfitTx_Creator_Store = The added Tx shows this is a texture set, and is followed by the name of the set, the creator, and the store.

When you are ready to download, check the list below.The files you will see in Available Downloads are noted here along with which folder to download them to:

Millennium Dragon   - Animals
Mitzu Hair                  - Hair
Mech Girl A3 DS     - Aiko3
Mech Girl A3           - Aiko 3
Aiko 3.0 Base          -  Aiko 3
Millennium Cat LE     - Animals
Stinger                   - Sci-Fi
Emotiguy                 - Toons
African Elephant       - Animals
Millennium Dog LE     - Animals

Either use the described naming method, or something similar that fits your preferences, and then download the files, renaming them as you go. If you already have them, rename them and move them into the folders you created. Be sure to keep the file marked with a DS identified as a Daz file – add the DS wherever you wish, perhaps just after the name.

To further help in organizing, you will create sub-folders as needed. In your Aiko3 folder, you should now have 3 files – one with the Aiko3 Base, and two with the Aiko3 Mech Girl Outfit. In order to keep the Base separate from the clothes, create two new sub-folders in the Aiko3 folder, and name them Base and Clothes. Sort the files accordingly.

Take a look at another example with the Animals Downloads folder:
Add three sub-folders under Animals: Domestic, Fantasy, and Wild. As you can see, these correspond with the 3 kinds of animals downloaded. Once you have your sub-folders, place the files in the correct folders. Notice the renaming of the files in the example.

Although Hair, Sci-Fi, and Toons each have only one file in them, you can still create subfolders. The Stinger is a space vehicle, so create a sub folder under Sci-Fi called Transport. Under Toons, create a sub-folder called Emoti. In Hair, create a sub-folder called LongHair. Your folder structure should now look like this picture to the right
You should now have an idea of how to begin creating categories and sub-categories for your downloads, keeping in mind that the main download Categories will be the names of your new External Runtimes.