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2016-03-11 Thread koalaballah
>The installer from gimp.org will not run without administrative >privileges >(you can't write to Program Files if you're not Administrator anyway), >so >something else must be the problem. > >koalaballah: open Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Users\username> >and delete the .gimp-2.8 folder (this

Re: [Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

2016-03-06 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Sun, 6 Mar 2016 20:18:13 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: > If you are running windows, there is still and admin account in addition > to your account. You should install gimp as admin and run it as > . The installer from gimp.org will not run without administrative privileges (you can't

Re: [Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

2016-03-06 Thread Patrick Shanahan
* koalaballah [03-06-16 18:59]: > >Hi, > > > >to me it sounds like you installed GIMP from another user account than > >the one you're working with. > > I actually only have one account on my computer, and I used it both to install > and run GIMP. So I'm confused as to why

[Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

2016-03-06 Thread koalaballah
>Hi, > >to me it sounds like you installed GIMP from another user account than >the one you're working with. I actually only have one account on my computer, and I used it both to install and run GIMP. So I'm confused as to why it keeps coming up with the "Permission Denied" error in console.

Re: [Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

2016-03-06 Thread Sven Claussner
Hi, to me it sounds like you installed GIMP from another user account than the one you're working with. The user account you are working with doesn't seem to have execution privileges for GIMP's plug-ins. Try to install GIMP as administrator or the user account you use for your GIMP work. Of

[Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

2016-03-06 Thread koalaballah
>It might be useful for the gang to know what exact operating system >you are using, where you downloaded the GIMP from, and its complete >version number (do Help > About). My machine runs Windows 10, and I'm using GIMP version 2.8.16 -- koalaballah (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)

Re: [Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

2016-03-05 Thread Steve Kinney
On 03/02/2016 05:49 PM, koalaballah wrote: > I need some serious help here. I have used GIMP successfully on another > computer before, but since trying to install it on my new laptop, I haven't > been > able to get it working. It might be useful for the gang to know what exact operating system

[Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

2016-03-04 Thread koalaballah
I need some serious help here. I have used GIMP successfully on another computer before, but since trying to install it on my new laptop, I haven't been able to get it working. Whenever I try to open any image file type, I get an error message back that says: "Opening '...' failed: Unknown