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TheStingPilot
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Sep 17, 2019
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[MSIX] - Packaging GIMP

Hello,   I have created an MSIX from GIMP. When running the application I get approximately 100 error messages that various .dll files cannot be found.   What happens: VFS\ProgramFilesX64\GIMP ...
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    alexmarin89
    Sep 20, 2019

    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.

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WesleeJKN0487
Former Employee
Jan 25, 2020
Hi Alex, and how did you figure out which DLLs are 64 bit and which are 32 bit, or you did a try-and-error scenario? I.e. Is there any trick in procmon or logic that if the app first searches in System32 we are talking about 64bit plugins? Thanks for your feedback.
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Toastgun
Copper Contributor
Jul 13, 2020

WesleeJKN0487 There is a "simpler" way getting this done. You may want to add the following code to your manifest (under the package element):

 

  <Extensions>
      <uap6:Extension Category="windows.loaderSearchPathOverride">
        <uap6:LoaderSearchPathOverride>
          <uap6:LoaderSearchPathEntry FolderPath="bin"/>
        </uap6:LoaderSearchPathOverride>
      </uap6:Extension>
    </Extensions>

 

 This way GIMP is also checking the bin directory to load dlls and other binaries.

 

alexmarin89 @At this point thank you for your great blog and the free Advanced Installer Express version... you guys may want to add the loaderSearchPartOverride to your feature list 🙂

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