Using GIMP 2.10 and 3.0 on the same PC

[rich2005]

(11-07-2024, 11:50 AM)Krikor Wrote: ..... in the distant past and lost in memory and certainly not on this computer I used a regular installation of GIMP.

But definitely since I started using version 2.10 I have always used Samj's portable creations. This PC has never seen a regular version of GIMP. (Not even my previous PC)

But as I showed in the previous post, I definitely have a User/ AppData/ Roaming/ GIMP/ 2.10 User Profile.

My guess is;
samj portable uses "launchers" GIMP_XX.exe to set environmental variables for language and paths to the included user profile "Preferences" Some time in the dim-and-distant past you experimented by starting Gimp using gimp.exe or gimp-210.exe in something like E:\Gimp-2.10.28_Portable_32-64bit-Win\bin. That is a regular gimp and will make a regular User Profile in appdata. Not needed - just delete it.

[Krikor]

(11-07-2024, 12:34 PM)rich2005 Wrote:

(11-07-2024, 11:50 AM)Krikor Wrote: ..... in the distant past and lost in memory and certainly not on this computer I used a regular installation of GIMP.

But definitely since I started using version 2.10 I have always used Samj's portable creations. This PC has never seen a regular version of GIMP. (Not even my previous PC)

But as I showed in the previous post, I definitely have a User/ AppData/ Roaming/ GIMP/ 2.10 User Profile.  

My guess is;
samj portable uses "launchers" GIMP_XX.exe to set environmental variables for language and paths to the included user profile "Preferences"  Some time in the dim-and-distant past you experimented by starting Gimp using gimp.exe or gimp-210.exe in something like E:\Gimp-2.10.28_Portable_32-64bit-Win\bin.  That is a regular gimp and will make a regular User Profile in appdata.  Not needed - just delete it.

Thx rich2005, I will delete it.  

[sallyanne]

Sally, if you had said you had two versions running I would have been impressed. But you have 3 versions, wow!

That's encouraging!

Krikor I have the 3 versions on my computer but not running all the same time . The other 2 dont seem to intterupt vs 3. I will have to try the others. btw vs 2.99 is a portable, but I now have the shortcut on my desktop

[sallyanne]

(11-07-2024, 07:57 AM)rich2005 Wrote:

(11-07-2024, 06:24 AM)sallyanne Wrote: I have three. 2.10.x, 2.99.18 and 3
3's splash screen is cool. Just got to work out where I can put extra items now. Which folder?
Is it Gimp3, share, gimp, 3.0. Lots of folders in there, most are empty

Not much is really changed. It is the same format as for Gimp 2.10  Any "extras" go in the appropriate User Profile. If in doubt look at the paths shown by Edit -> Preferences -> Folders (and the required folder)

C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\2.10\brushes ... fonts ...scripts ...plug-ins  
or
C:\Users\"yourname"\AppData\Roaming\GIMP\3.0\brushes ... fonts ...scripts ...plug-ins  

With the provision that your old Gimp 2.10 scripts and plug-ins do not work with Gimp 3.0

Thanks, Mostly want to move over fonts, brushes, gradients, patterns. I'll leave the scripts and plugins for now.