What I didn't know about installing Gimp(64-bit) in Windows

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2014 7:48 pm **(#21)**

whats inside the 2.8 folder

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I turned off my PC, the 32 folder is there at the top. I will post it tomorrow. I am in bed with a headache. :tyspin

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:27 pm **(#23)**

tuck! tuck! 'sweat dreams' goodnight were almost finished, see you tomorrow

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Nite, roger and out.

Matera · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2013 **Posts:** 143

I took to using a portable version so I never had to trust Windows for anything. Because I know Windows can't be trusted.

Graechan · **Posted:** Fri Apr 18, 2014 9:51 pm **(#26)**

Matera if your portable properly installed it should give no problems, where do you have it installed

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

@Graechan, Here are the screens you requested. I now have two Gimps in my Programs folder

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Okay, thanks to Dinasset and Graechan, I finally got this verbose thing straightened out. Here are the results below.

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:19 pm **(#29)**

copy this folder↓ to desktop (just to be sure) then delete from 'program files' they are left over files from partha's install (you may need them later)

when you installed your new 2.8

1/ did you get a desktop icon with it?
2/ did you get a icon in your windows taskbar?
3/ if you have started your new gimp do you have a .gimp-2.8 folder in your C:\Users\username folder?

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Yes, I got an icon in the task bar and I dragged it out to the desktop
Yes I have the c: .gimp user folder with all my scripts, plugins patterns etc.
So that folder withe two folders inside doesn't belong to the gimp I downloaded last night. I better go to windows now and move it and delete.
I am in iPad now so it will take a few minutes.

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:40 pm **(#31)**

so now you have a desktop icon and a taskbar icon this is OK
does your .gimp-2.8folder have any plugins or scripts inside
i.e did it pick up your loaded resources from Partha's install

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I removed those two folders that were inside and put them in a folder on desktop called Partha-leftovers, went back to programs and deleted the 2.8 folder. Now I have the gimp 2 only. I opened gimp with the icon on desktop and every thing seems to work fine, except my brush sets but that is for another thread. :teeth

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2014 7:03 pm **(#33)**

congrats Molly simple wasn't it, now can you refresh patterns without an error message?

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I hope so, just working on that dam addoncollectionmanager, it is strange, some that I tick with show up then others wont and some that are ticked wont deactivate. I won't go into this here cuz this will be a different thread. Don't any any problem at all in Fedora :heart

thanks Mr Aussie. :toke

going back to Fedora now.

Graechan · **Posted:** Sat Apr 19, 2014 8:37 pm **(#35)**

Molly you don't have problems in Fedora do you, then hows your 'Addon Collection Manager' going
it must be a figment of my aging mind that there were problems there when I don't have any in Windows :lp

SysTemX · **Joined:** Dec 08, 2013 **Posts:** 1088

molly wrote:

:roll: Graechan, I now have one Gimp in Windoze. It is Gimp-2.8.10 (64-bit). It came from Partha's place. It is in Program Files now. I deleted the portable gimp, I don't need it.
I also have Gimp-2.8.10 in Linux but I don't expect I will have any problems with it cuz it is in Linux... :teeth

I don't call Windows funny, more like irritating. :roll:

Does Linux have a USB portable at all. Havent used Linux for a while but it is looking favourable again. Maybe Ubuntu 12 again. :mrgreen:

SunnyI · **Joined:** Dec 20, 2016 **Posts:** 6

Wallace wrote:

dinasset wrote:

I suppose that what you are saying is only relevant to processors 64-bits, which can install 32-bits packages and 64-bits packages.
I have a 32-bits PC and I only have 'Program Files' and my Gimp 32-bits is under 'Program Files'.
I don't even have a folder 'Program Files (x86)'

Same with my 32-bit machine.
My Gimp is installed @ C:\Program Files\Gimp-2.8; and there isn't a C:\Program Files\x86, folder on my computer either.

It is Windows (&windows installer API) behavior. On 32bit PC the Windows doesn't distinguish between x64 and x32 binaries (the OS is simply not aware of x64) and uses C:\Program Files for default installation path.

On 64bit PC the Windows by default installs x64 binaries to "C:\Program Files" and x32 to "C:\Progrm Files(x86)".

And this behavior is agnostic to Gimp. It is just the OS stuff.

rich2005 · **Joined:** Mar 04, 2011 **Posts:** 2613

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..On 64bit PC the Windows by default installs x64 binaries to "C:\Program Files" and x32 to "C:\Progrm Files(x86)".

That is true for pure 32 bit applications, for example in 64 bit Windows, Gimp 2.6.x installs to C:\Program Files (x86)\GIMP-2.0

With the the duel Gimp 2.8.x installer, when forcing a 32 bit installation using the /32 switch, the default installation location is still C:\Program Files\GIMP 2 Up to the user to change it, but it works there anyway.

How to tell the difference, apart from files sizes. Easy way, the 64 bit Gimp has a ..\GIMP 2\32 folder.