You can take the whole Gimp 2 folder, copy to another location, including a USB memory stick and run from there.
examples: Gimp 2.8 https://i.imgur.com/gKAyLIM.jpg and Gimp 2.10 https://i.imgur.com/05eDsDr.jpg both on a memory stick.
but
They are not truly portable, they will create a user profile in C:\User\your-name\.....the same as a regular installation.
To make portable they need a load of environmental variables, setting paths to that user profile.
That is why a portable versions uses a launcher file (sometimes a batch file), to set those variables, before starting Gimp.
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If you want to check these settings get the PortableApplications Gimp 2.8.22 which once installed, keeps a folder for inspection.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portabl...e/download Not a project to be undertaken lightly.
Note this is a 32 bit only Gimp so any something.exe plugins such as resynthesizer.exe need to be 32 bit.
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The portable versions
These keep the user profile within the application folder system. Example the Partha version uses ...\Data\.gimp\..
Put your resources, plugins, scripts, plugins, fonts in the appropriate section and they are there wherever you take the installation. No need to re compress anything, change folders, ... That is why it is portable.
examples: Gimp 2.8 https://i.imgur.com/gKAyLIM.jpg and Gimp 2.10 https://i.imgur.com/05eDsDr.jpg both on a memory stick.
but
They are not truly portable, they will create a user profile in C:\User\your-name\.....the same as a regular installation.
To make portable they need a load of environmental variables, setting paths to that user profile.
That is why a portable versions uses a launcher file (sometimes a batch file), to set those variables, before starting Gimp.
----------------------------
If you want to check these settings get the PortableApplications Gimp 2.8.22 which once installed, keeps a folder for inspection.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/portabl...e/download Not a project to be undertaken lightly.
Note this is a 32 bit only Gimp so any something.exe plugins such as resynthesizer.exe need to be 32 bit.
---------------------------
The portable versions
These keep the user profile within the application folder system. Example the Partha version uses ...\Data\.gimp\..
Put your resources, plugins, scripts, plugins, fonts in the appropriate section and they are there wherever you take the installation. No need to re compress anything, change folders, ... That is why it is portable.