02-25-2023, 08:16 PM
(05-03-2018, 10:00 AM)Zero01 Wrote: Fixed it.. took a while but there's a new thing in Windows called Controlled Folder Access, which was stopping all my programs incl. Gimp from saving/exporting to anywhere except the "C:\Users\---" folder. What I had to do was - Go to Settings, type "Controlled folder access" which took me to the Windows Defender Security Centre/Ransomware protection/Controlled folder access. Switch to "Off"
Thanks, this saved me a lot of research time! For those who don't want to entirely turn this feature off, you can do some additional steps to just unlock Gimp access to the folder it needs. When in Controlled folder access screen, instead of disabling it just click on "Allow an app through controlled folder access", then after clicking "OK" if prompted, click on "Add a permitted app" and then "Recently blocked apps". If you just had failed to export, Gimp should be available on the list here ready to be allowed.