Maxis has made a new tool available for the Sims 2. This new program allows you to view and manage the custom content you have installed into your game. Previews of textures are shown, as well as some details with descriptions of the custom content, who made it (Maxis or a user). If you have no internet connection when you launch the program, it will show "Unknown" for all authors. You can even find the item on the exchange by right-clicking the item or clicking the button for it. Items in the list can be sorted by type, name, filename, creator or its status.

Besides viewing the content it can also enable and disable any of the listed content for you with the click of a button. You can also permanently delete any content you want to get rid of by clicking another button. By disabling or deleting content it will not show up in the game anymore. This way you can also disable potentially harmful hacks that have been installed with something you downloaded, and so find out what might be causing problems with your game.

The tool comes with a manual in MS Word format. The whole package, the program and that manual, is stored in a zip file which you'll need to extract using a zip program (e.g. WinZip, but there are many others too). You can find the tool in any language on the Content Manager page at the official site.