08-12-2018, 10:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-12-2018, 10:48 AM by rich2005.
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Going back to the original question
Gimp is built around plugins, all open/export png/jpeg.. are plugins. If Gimp can not find the plugin location then not available. The path to that location is created when you first start Gimp. That is your Gimp profile. If that is corrupted somehow back to no open/export.
Uninstall/reinstall Gimp does not work because the Gimp profile and any corrupted path remains. You need to disable/delete the Gimp profile so that a new clean Gimp profile is created.
A portable Gimp does not use that Gimp profile, it has its own version, kept with the portable files. That is how it is portable.
If you have managed to break your portable version, congratulations. I would first check in the portable Gimp (samj's?) Edit -> Preferences -> Folders -> Plug-ins that the paths there correspond to what is actually on your computer.
Edit:
If you are using samj's version, some Windows batch files are provided. Look in the Preferences (the samj equivalent of the gimp profile) folder for clean.bat Run that and it deletes all the Gimp settings files. Should be equivalent to a first run of Gimp.
Quote:..I can not open any images in gimp except native files. I cannot save them either except again as xcf's.
I thought maybe something was wrong with my gimp so I deleted it. Installed a new one. Restarted my computer and nothing has changed.
Gimp is built around plugins, all open/export png/jpeg.. are plugins. If Gimp can not find the plugin location then not available. The path to that location is created when you first start Gimp. That is your Gimp profile. If that is corrupted somehow back to no open/export.
Uninstall/reinstall Gimp does not work because the Gimp profile and any corrupted path remains. You need to disable/delete the Gimp profile so that a new clean Gimp profile is created.
A portable Gimp does not use that Gimp profile, it has its own version, kept with the portable files. That is how it is portable.
If you have managed to break your portable version, congratulations. I would first check in the portable Gimp (samj's?) Edit -> Preferences -> Folders -> Plug-ins that the paths there correspond to what is actually on your computer.
Edit:
If you are using samj's version, some Windows batch files are provided. Look in the Preferences (the samj equivalent of the gimp profile) folder for clean.bat Run that and it deletes all the Gimp settings files. Should be equivalent to a first run of Gimp.