Rod wrote:
Are the rc files in the preferences folder?
Try just going into the profile folder (where you add new resources, brushes,gradients,patterns, ect) and removing these rc files.
gimprc
pluginrc
gtkrc
restart GIMP-2.9.5
GIMP will rewrite these files upon restart.
Usually the culprit will be the gimprc file. But remove all 3.
Still no joy, I take it you meant the portable folder (maybe I should have said that this is "GIMP 2.9.5 64-bit Standard Edition portable" I'm referring to specifically from
www.partha.com/) anyway i tried the steps you mentioned Rod but upon re-starting the same problems persisted, however the gimprc file doesn't seem to have been rewritten, I tried it a couple of times and the file is not there anymore. So I've restored it from the recycle bin put it back, still not good after re-starting...
This is what I've worked out now so far - - Everything works fine IF, and ONLY IF, I don't put anything extra in the resources (portable) folder, as soon as I do that plug-ins fail and stuff is just weird.. for now I've taken all the extra stuff away and it's like it should be including the ability to "Script-Fu> Refresh Scripts.. although it's a bit pointless right now lol, and I still can't fathom what the reason it all suddenly went like this, I checked my PC for malware - nothing, did "chkdsk" - all good, did "sfc /SCANNOW" = no problems, the registry I don't know much about but I used CCleaner to clean that up. So back to square 1 .. thanks everyone for the help so far. though .