Sometimes it helps - you have to delete the "pluginrc" file (in ~ user/.gimp-2.8) and restart Gimp.
Gimp will reload ALL available plug-ins.

It works for me on Windows XP with GIMP 2.8.2, although I did have to add extras to the test script to require the scrollbars out of the box:


Kevin

I thought that as well, but as GnuTux pointed out it does not matter, the version in your profile takes precedence.

I did this all-in-one screenshot yesterday but paynejk came up with his working winXP.



This one is WinXPsp3, Gimp 2.8.4, the 32 bit replacement script-fu.exe in .\gimp-2.8\plug-ins, some of the old scripts that have been reissued for 2.8 and a standard gimp script (glossy) with a long-ish dialog.

I also wrote to a log but no more info there than on the screenshot.

I think more information needed from Carlos as to his installation.

Thank you all. Unfortunately, I do not understand how "to run gimp from the command prompt."
These things make me confused and I'm afraid of ruining my beloved Gimp which is working so well.
Let's wait for other communications. Maybe it's a problem of my own.

@ MareroQ
Everything seems to be working fine.
Dialogue i couldn't see before I can now scroll down to.

@Carlos... Open the Command Prompt window by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, clicking All Programs, clicking Accessories, and then clicking Command Prompt.

You won't ruin gimp by running it from the command prompt. Just do the following.

1) Copy the new script-fu.exe into your user plug-ins folder (where you normally place plug-ins)
2) Open a command prompt: Click Start, Run, Type cmd and press enter
3) Enter gimp-2.8 and press enter

Then, just copy and paste any message that appear back to this thread so we can take a look.

after reading this whole thread, the thought occurs to me, will all of this work with OSX?

It should work just fine, if you can find someone with a MAC development environment to compile it. Partha would probably be a good choice. He’s a member here, but I haven’t seen him on lately. You could send him an email and ask. If you can get your hands on a MAC binary, I’ll be happy to host it here.

I mentioned GIMP's behavior in this post. For duplicate plug-ins, GIMP will use the first one it encounters in the search path and ignore any duplicates it finds afterward.

As paynekj pointed out, that's not case with scripts. If there are duplicate scripts in the search path, GIMP will use bits and pieces of the first one and last one it encounters, which is a clearly a bug.

I suggested that Carlos place the new plug-in in his user plug-ins folder, so he can simply remove it, if he continues to have the problem of certain menu items disappearing. I was hoping he could run GIMP from the command line, so we could see any errors that were generated during start up.

Thank you all for trying to solve my problem. I need to undergo eye surgery to reduce my intraocular pressure next week. I'm no time to follow the procedures you suggested. I do not know how long well not be able to view my UI. When I re-enabled, I get in touch with you and we reopen the discussion.
There is a small chance of losing vision. I'm a little anxious.
As soon as I can see my display, I will give news.

Sorry to hear that Carlos. With the remarkable discoveries they have made over the years, it is amazing what they can do.
I wish you well and back to us soon.

Thanks, Molly.

Carlos - I also wish you well and back to us soon.

New file - for further testing for Win 32 bit
(with a full build Gimp 2.8.10 by science http://www.aljacom.com/~gimp/divers.html).

Good luck with the eye surgery, we all will be pulling for a great result.

Awesome plug in. Have a few questions though. With this exe in the plug ins folder, I get this pop up with my Avast:



Then it goes to this:



Not a huge deal I guess, but I wish it wouldn't do that, haha.

Also, it sometimes shuts down. I get this:



And lastly, not that I care what it looks like per se, but why does this exe look different than my other exe's in the plug ins folder? Just curious. Thanks.



BTW, sometimes when I start GIMP, it does none of these things, but that's rare. I take that back, I always get the Avast deal. I'm sure there's a setting to allow that.

Help.

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 64bit and running Gimp 12.8.10

Ok, so I have copied and pasted the file to this location /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins

When I open Gimp via the terminal I am getting this error

(gimp:3883): Gimp-Widgets-CRITICAL **: gimp_device_info_set_device: assertion `(info->device == NULL && GDK_IS_DEVICE (device)) || (GDK_IS_DEVICE (info->device) && device == NULL)' failed

Previously I had run this command "sudo apt-get autoremove appmenu-gtk appmenu-gtk3 appmenu-qt" to disable the Global Menu Feature, so I tried reinstalling but still seem to have made no difference.

Edit....
Ok, so I've found the scroll bars, I have to open the window to full screen before they appear, in a minimised window view they don't show.

Thanks

Hearty.