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GIMP 3.04 opens with window extending below the taskbar on Windows 11
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After installing GIMP 3.04 on Windows 11 Home 24H2 26100.4351, GIMP opens with the GIMP window extending below the taskbar and/or extending above the top of the screen. Also, when using View > Zoom > Fit Image in Window, the GIMP window changes to extending below the taskbar.  Apparently there is a bug in Edit > Preferences > Interface > Windows Management > Save windows position on exit.

This is on 2 computers. Others have reported the bug: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/-/issues/14325

My solution with 2.10.38 already installed
  1. Backup my toolrc so I don't have to create it again.
  2. Delete the C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.0 folder.
  3. Open GIMP and have it create a new GIMP 3.0 folder structure and then close GIMP.  It appears to copy some preferences and settings from 2.10.38 but not all.
  4. Create a default_rc folder and copy all rc files into it just to be safe.
  5. Copy my toolrc back into C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.0.
  6. Open GIMP and if it opens with the correct window size then:
  7. Fix the docked tab options, default grid spacing, default export file type and other preferences that did not copy over from 2.10.38.
  8. Adjust the canvas window size to fit a landscape oriented photo and adjust the docked window sizes.
  9. Edit > Preferences > Interface > Windows Management > Save window positions on exit = uncheck, click on Save Window Positions Now.
  10.  Close GIMP.
This appears to fix the problem as the next day, GIMP opened with everything positioned correctly on both computers. I hope that this helps.
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