Can't load files

[BCarp]

I just downloaded GIMP 2.10.8 on Feb. 23rd.  I am on Win 7 32-bit. Home desktop PC.

When I try to open a file from either my desktop c\ drive or a thumb drive, GIMP does not recognize any file type. I have tried TIFFs, JPEGs and PNGs.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling GIMP, but this did not help.


Thanks for any advice.

[Ofnuts]

Do it work if you use the File>Open menu in Gimp or is it just a matter of associating Gimp with the image files?

If File>Open doesn't work, go to Edit>Preferences, open the Folders section, and clik on Plugins. On the right side you should have two directories listed, one being in \Users\{your_id} and one in C:\Program files navigate to the latter with a file explorer, do you see files named file-something.exe, or file-something-save.exe or file-something-load.exe?

[BCarp]

When I go to 'File' and 'open' (whether it's 'open', 'open as layers' or 'open location') all I ever get is this error message:



I've tried TIFF, JPEG, and PNG files, they all give this error.



If I go to Edit > preferences, all I ever get is this error message...

[Ofnuts]

Is C:\users\Jonathan\Pictures\Photo a real file on the disk? Or a directory? Or part of a name (I would expect at least a file extension...)? Did you try to load files from another directory (C:\tmp or somesuch)?

[rich2005]

@BCarp

There is a problem with some Windows 7 32 bit and Gimp 2.10.8 installations see:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/issues/2482

It is worth rolling back to to the previous Gimp 2.10.6 and see if it makes a difference.

download: https://download.gimp.org/mirror/pub/gim...etup-1.exe

[BCarp]

It's a directory path to a folder called 'photo'. The file itself, which is the only file in the folder, has a file name, but this name does not appear in the file directory path name.

Thanks rich2005 for letting me know. Seems odd that the developers did not test on 32-bit.

[Ofnuts]

(02-27-2019, 08:12 AM)BCarp Wrote: It's a directory path to a folder called 'photo'. The file itself, which is the only file in the folder, has a file name, but this name does not appear in the file directory path name.

Thanks rich2005 for letting me know. Seems odd that the developers did not test on 32-bit.

The developers are mostly on Linux. And even on Windows 32-bit machines are becoming quite rare.

[rich2005]

(02-27-2019, 08:12 AM)BCarp Wrote: .... Seems odd that the developers did not test on 32-bit.

The developers do test it (a little) 

Quote:...I basically install it in a 32-bit Windows 7 and 10 VMs, check that it runs and can open and save files, and test a few effects

However, it depends on the Windows 7 installation. Gimp 2.10.8 works with their testing set up
but
Definitely crashes with my Win7 VM

So it is a might/might-not work solution.

[BCarp]

I guess I'll try and install the earlier version.

Is there much difference between 2.10.8 and 2.10.6 feature wise?

[Ofnuts]

Not much, only the straightener thing in the Measure tool springs to mind.