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@BillFlowerpot You'll need to redownload and reinstall your store content; this is a known issue. I'd suggest deleting everything in DCBackup and the .ebc and .ebc.tmp files in DCCache first, as they're now all just taking up space without being useful. Since you're starting with a clean folder, this isn't necessary, but the point stands: the old .ebc files and the contents of DCBackup are now extraneous.
In case you're curious, the .ebc files are bundled store content, and the .tmp files are supposed to be deleted when the launcher finishes installing. The files that end in .dbc correspond to custom content installed through the launcher. The ccmerged.package file in DCBackup is necessary to make your premium store content work, but since you're reinstalling all your store stuff, you can delete it and let the game create a new one. The other files in DCBackup are duplicates of the items you've installed through the launcher, and they have no purpose unless you upload creations to the Exchange and you use custom content in those creations and you want that cc to stick to your uploads.
Thank you Puzzlezaddict for you response. It is nice to know that I have done the correct things. At the moment I am a HAPPY Simmer, but, for how long. I can empathies with simmer vt120a when he states that he may have to buy a new computer, for I had to do the same when I wanted a new printer to send a printed document though the Royal Mail, as the new printers at that time would not work on XP.