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GIMP Portable won't let me install to "C:\ProgramFiles"

Submitted by Jeb on May 24, 2019 - 11:34am

GIMP Portable (2.10) can't run if installed to "C:\ProgramFiles". Please fix by allowing the program to run from within "C:\ProgramFiles" by either a) copying the GIMP Portable directory to a temporary location within the current User's directory and running from there, or b) Run from "C:\ProgramFiles" if the current user is an Administrator.

KADMOS OCR working with English using 32bit IrfanView, BUT

Submitted by rosepet on May 13, 2019 - 2:28pm

Anyone having ideas on adding Languages, as the Install Language extension to KADMOS gives Error 720 (Error on opening file containing the download directory on the internet server).
I found the Language extensions under Downloads menu here: https://rerecognition.com/en/produkte/kadmos-irfanview/

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Pulled the zip file, but there's no readme - so I took the chance to install them directly into the PortableApps folder:

GIMP 2.10.8 crashes when doing nothing but opening preferences!

Submitted by ajax on March 17, 2019 - 3:18pm

This probably isn't necessary because I see lots of other posts that suggest the current portable GIMP just doesn't work. In my case it took forever to launch and when it finally did the first thing I wanted to do was customize some settings. Selecting Edit>Preferences caused it to crash immediately. I did try it on both a Windows 7 and Windows 10 computer with same result.

Looking for collaboration/help converting GIMP to UWP/Store package

Submitted by Jeb on February 13, 2019 - 1:26pm

The GIMP community is experimenting on converting the GIMP Windows package to UWP/Microsoft Store-ready material using the Desktop Bridge (visit https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bridges/desktop), and needs a little help I believe can be assisted by the PortableApps community, due to the "containerized" nature of how PortableApps work. (Dependency errors are everywhere when the standard GIMP for Windows install is converted using the Desktop Bridge.)

GIMP 2.10 - does your version of GIMP still have 'Crash Detection'???

Submitted by Kevin.York on January 7, 2019 - 9:35pm

I am referring to this message from the GIMP TEAM:

With the debugging system in place to detect a crash, it was easy enough to add crash recovery. In case of a crash, GIMP will now attempt to backup all images with unsaved changes, then suggest to reopen them the next time you start the application.

and your:

App Notes
Installation Note:
GIMP debug files have been removed to save install space. They can be copied from a local 32-bit install for debugging purposes.

GIMP 2.10 - Where are the GIMP temp files be stored (for the PAF version)???

Submitted by Kevin.York on January 7, 2019 - 9:21pm

GIMP 2.10 claims that it can (try to) recover images upon restarting after a crash.
However, restarting the PAF version gives a message saying that "GIMP was not closed properly on the last time it ran and needs to clean up"
(or something like that).

So, I'm guessing that your standard clean up is preventing the file recovery.

[Fixed] GIMP - Python scripts do not load or run. (GIMP 2.10.X on Win 7 Pro 64bit)

Submitted by Kevin.York on January 7, 2019 - 8:55pm

When you start GIMP, you will see it discover and initialize plugins, etc.
On a local installation of GIMP, you will see some Python stuff and (when the GUI is up) you will see:

  • Filters>Python-Fu>Console
  • Filters>Python-Fu>Console-extended
  • (...and any scripts you've added)

On all of the PAF versions of GIMP 2.10-??; this has always been missing.

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