[Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[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 will reset all the settings),
>then
>try running GIMP again.


Thank you so much for the suggestion.  I wonder if that would have worked.  I
ended up going nuclear and reset my computer to factory settings.  Everything is
running smoothly now.  It was something that I kinda wanted to do anyway.

Thank you everyone for your help, and sorry to everyone who might have the same
problem some time in the future.

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Re: [Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[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 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\
and delete the .gimp-2.8 folder (this will reset all the settings), then
try running GIMP again.

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Re: [Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[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 it keeps coming up with the 
> "Permission
> Denied" error in console.  I've seen on other forum posts that the "Permission
> Denied" error could come up mistakenly when the plug-ins have a syntax error 
> in
> them or something.  I didn't really follow what they were saying.
> 
> Just to be safe, though, I uninstalled and re-installed, running the installer
> as the administrator, but I had no luck.  This computer did used to belong to 
> my
> father, so there was a different account on it.  I've deleted all other 
> accounts
> but my own, though.

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
.
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[Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[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.  I've seen on other forum posts that the "Permission
Denied" error could come up mistakenly when the plug-ins have a syntax error in
them or something.  I didn't really follow what they were saying.

Just to be safe, though, I uninstalled and re-installed, running the installer
as the administrator, but I had no luck.  This computer did used to belong to my
father, so there was a different account on it.  I've deleted all other accounts
but my own, though.

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Re: [Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[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 course, use your administrator account only for installing and 
uninstalling GIMP,

not for your daily work and even not to browse the internet.
It might not be related to your current problem, but as a general
security advice make sure to scan your downloaded software for viruses.

Greetings

Sven


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[Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[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

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Re: [Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[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
you are using, where you downloaded the GIMP from, and its complete
version number (do Help > About).



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[Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[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 file type"

The "Open" dialog box does not even recognize .png or .jpeg files as image
files, and I can only view them when I select "All Files" in the drop down box.

I'm not extremely computer savvy, but I've been doing some of my own research
into the problem.  It's possible that I've already seen solutions that would
solve my problem, but I was not able to understand them.

Here is what I've tried:

Uninstall and re-install (various versions)

Uninstall, delete every file on my computer with "gimp" in the name, then
reinstall

Going into preferences and confirming that the paths for plug-ins are right

I've run gimp-console-2.8 in cmd, and it just came up with endless errors
reading:

"GIMP-Error: Unable to run plug-in "..."
(...)

Failed to execute child process (Permission denied)"

What can I do to fix this?

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