More GIMP problems

Discussion in 'Technology' started by Feenie, Jun 14, 2011.

Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.

  1. Feenie Finny, Fin of the Feenie Fish

    Joined:
    May 10, 2008
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Aberdeen, Scotland
    405
    1,170
    [I bet you guys are getting sick of these]

    So I tried to install GIMP on my horrible old Windows XP again after I uninstalled the old one. So it installs fine but when I go to start it up, It says there's a file missing. So I installed it again, and got the same results.

    Anyone know the solution?
     
    Feenie, Jun 14, 2011
    Feenie, Jun 14, 2011
    #1

  2. Daydreamer  

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2007
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Los Angeles
    137
    1,092
    I'm not familiar with this problem since GIMP always runs fine whenever I update or reinstall it.
    Does the error provide any additional information, like exactly what file is missing? My guess is that it's a DLL file.
     
    Daydreamer, Jun 15, 2011
    Daydreamer, Jun 15, 2011
    #2

  3. Feenie Finny, Fin of the Feenie Fish

    Joined:
    May 10, 2008
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Aberdeen, Scotland
    405
    1,170
    actually, it says

     
    Feenie, Jun 15, 2011
    Feenie, Jun 15, 2011
    #3

  4. Accalia Gummi Ship Junkie

    Joined:
    Dec 10, 2010
    Gender:
    Female
    Location:
    Los Santos, San Andreas
    25
    321
    Did you try restarting your computer? If that doesn't work then try running a virus scan. Other than that I have no idea since I only know basic computer solutions.
     
    Accalia, Jun 15, 2011
    Accalia, Jun 15, 2011
    #4

  5. Feenie Finny, Fin of the Feenie Fish

    Joined:
    May 10, 2008
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Aberdeen, Scotland
    405
    1,170
    Restarting the computer doesn't help and annoyingly I can't seem to download any anti-virus programs, I tried downloading AVG but it wouldn't start the download, no matter how I tinkered with Google Chrome but thanks for the suggestions anyway
     
    Feenie, Jun 15, 2011
    Feenie, Jun 15, 2011
    #5

  6. Misty gimme kiss

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2006
    Gender:
    Cisgender Female
    Location:
    alderaan
    6,590
    9,106
    Found a few solutions by Googling, this one seems the easiest:
    1. Uninstall Gimp.
    2. Uninstall GTK.
    3. Re-install GTK (make sure you're getting the right one!)
    4. Re-install Gimp.
     
    Misty, Jun 15, 2011
    Misty, Jun 15, 2011
    #6

  7. Feenie Finny, Fin of the Feenie Fish

    Joined:
    May 10, 2008
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Aberdeen, Scotland
    405
    1,170
    Well, I searched my computer for GTK and got a list of 200+ files, should I delete them all?
     
    Feenie, Jun 16, 2011
    Feenie, Jun 16, 2011
    #7

  8. Daydreamer  

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2007
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Los Angeles
    137
    1,092
    Before uninstalling anything, can you check if the libgimpui-2.0-0.dll file is in your "C:\Program Files\Gimp-2.0\bin\" directory?
     
    Daydreamer, Jun 16, 2011
    Daydreamer, Jun 16, 2011
    #8

  9. Feenie Finny, Fin of the Feenie Fish

    Joined:
    May 10, 2008
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Aberdeen, Scotland
    405
    1,170
    I checked and it's there, but I already uninstalled gimp...no idea why I've still got the folder...but yeah, it's there.
     
    Feenie, Jun 16, 2011
    Feenie, Jun 16, 2011
    #9

  10. Daydreamer  

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2007
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Los Angeles
    137
    1,092
    Okay, it's there, but GIMP can't find it.

    "Try putting the location of your bin folder in the system path. Right
    click my computer, select advance tab, select environment variables, in
    system variables scroll down to path, highlight path, click edit and add
    the location of your bin folder. Be sure to use a semicolon as separator."

    Jerry S.
     
    Daydreamer, Jun 16, 2011
    Daydreamer, Jun 16, 2011
    #10

  11. Feenie Finny, Fin of the Feenie Fish

    Joined:
    May 10, 2008
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Aberdeen, Scotland
    405
    1,170
    Okay, done that, now I assume I just install GIMP again?
     
    Feenie, Jun 16, 2011
    Feenie, Jun 16, 2011
    #11

  12. Daydreamer  

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2007
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Los Angeles
    137
    1,092
    Yes. Please tell me if it worked or not.
     
    Daydreamer, Jun 16, 2011
    Daydreamer, Jun 16, 2011
    #12

  13. Feenie Finny, Fin of the Feenie Fish

    Joined:
    May 10, 2008
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Aberdeen, Scotland
    405
    1,170
    Yeah, it's working now. Thank you for the help!
     
    Feenie, Jun 17, 2011
    Feenie, Jun 17, 2011
    #13

  14. Daydreamer  

    Joined:
    Jan 29, 2007
    Gender:
    Male
    Location:
    Los Angeles
    137
    1,092
    No problem. :D

    Usually, missing DLL errors can be fixed by downloading the DLL file, and putting it in the program's install directory.
     
    Daydreamer, Jun 18, 2011
    Daydreamer, Jun 18, 2011
    #14

  15. BloodPrince Merlin's Housekeeper

    Joined:
    Jun 7, 2011
    Location:
    Virginia, USA
    3
    39
    Thank goodness it worked out. i was beginning to think that this story wouldn't have a happy ending lol
     
    BloodPrince, Jun 18, 2011
    BloodPrince, Jun 18, 2011
    #15

  16. Misty gimme kiss

    Joined:
    Sep 25, 2006
    Gender:
    Cisgender Female
    Location:
    alderaan
    6,590
    9,106
    Glad to hear it's sorted out. =]

    _CLOSED
     
    Misty, Jun 18, 2011
    Misty, Jun 18, 2011
    #16
Thread Status:
Not open for further replies.
XenPorta 2 PRO © Jason Axelrod from 8WAYRUN.COM