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[MSIX] - Packaging GIMP
pandaysumitroy Indeed, just tried it now and it doesn't work. Apparently this only suppresses the load failure of the plugins.
Apparently the GIMP community is also https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp/issues/1145/ (also somebody else already tried to put the plugins in System32 and System64 with the same exact results).
However, i did notice something, which i am not sure why is happening like this for the moment. While you capture GIMP, if you install it in other folder than the default one (C:\Test or C:\Gimp or any other folder), when you install the MSIX you won't receive the plugin failures anymore (so no need to copy the dlls in System32 and System64).
From my opinion this has something to do with how GIMP gets the paths and the whole logic of finding/loading plugins.
Still searching for a work around to make it work, will let you know if i have any further progress with this.
Best solution is to remove Plugin folder from the VFS.
Issue is with loading bin folder DLL's.
Hello,
Many thanks for your reply. Removing the plugins folder is an idea, but not a very good one. Then I will end up with a version without the plugins. And that is not what I want.
With kind regards,
Willem
TheStingPilot For workaround you can follow below steps .
You can rename or delete plugin folder from VFS [VFS\UserProgramFiles\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins].
GIMP will load successfully after disabling plug-ins folder.
On launch - go to EDIT -> Preference and specify the plugin folder.you can copy the plugin folder from working machine and it can be used to load GIMP plugin.
No idea why its unable to load plugin from VFS directory.
i am also stuck with the issue.
