Help renaming plz

micki · **Joined:** Oct 28, 2010 **Posts:** 166

I have gimp 2.6 I need to change it to 2.4 so that I can download the gimp sharp..how do I rename..it keeps telling me I need 2.4 instead of 2.6 and do I do both one shows 2.6 the other shows 2.0

thank you
Micki

ofnuts · **Joined:** Oct 25, 2010 **Posts:** 4757

The Gimp version isn't only matter of renaming things. If a plugin requires a functionality that was in 2.4 but not in 2.6, it won't reappear by miracle by renaming 2.6 to 2.4.

What plugin/script are you talking about?

PhotoMaster · **Posted:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 8:51 pm **(#3)**

When installing Gimp sharp, there are two files that get renamed from 2.6 to 2.4 and once the installation is complete, you rename them back to 2.6. The idea is only to fool the installation program. You need to set them back to 2.6 so everything will run normally.

Rename gimp-2.6.exe and gimp-console-2.6.exe to gimp-2.4.exe and gimp-console-2.4.exe
They are located in C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin
Just remember to set them back after installing Gimp sharp.

I hope this helps.

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 14715 **Location:** USA

Thanks PM for clearing that up for Micki.