Paint used instead of GIMP

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Paint used instead of GIMP

CrazyCanine opened this issue 9 years ago · comments

hi I tried to make GIMP my default editor but it still keeps using paint

Ondřej Hruška · Answer 1 · Fri Jun 26 2015 17:26:32 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Look in the runtime log - it'll tell you what's wrong.

I think you must've configured Gimp wrong in the Settings>Configure Editors dialog, so it failed to run it, and continued to launch the default editor.

CrazyCanine · Answer 2 · Sat Jun 27 2015 11:50:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

wait i shouldnt be asking you this but does GIMP run on windows 10 insider preveiw with RPW?
it opens fine for me but ill send you a pic of why im confu

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Ondřej Hruška · Answer 3 · Sat Jun 27 2015 23:42:49 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I have no experience with Windows (at all, latest version I used is XP). But I suspect you picked a link instead of the actual exe file. Try with the exe (it'll be in Program Files, I believe).

CrazyCanine · Answer 4 · Sun Jun 28 2015 13:03:11 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

i used the exe file and it is in software but it still doesnt work

Deleted user · Answer 5 · Fri Jul 03 2015 10:37:24 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I am seeing this, and people on the forums are reporting it. I think it may be a bug. I tried it too, and it doesn't use GIMP.

Ondřej Hruška · Answer 6 · Sat Jul 11 2015 22:38:00 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I'll try install Windows in a VM and debug it - may take a while, sorry.

Deleted user · Answer 7 · Mon Jul 13 2015 19:30:16 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Debugging didn't help. I can't pinpoint the file causing it, but I feel it may be a compatibility issue with some lines of code and some libraries. It's always pointing me to certain files tied to certain libraries, but I don't have the time right now to parse every single file/Java library that its pointing me too. Will check when I get home… The GIMP link doesn't work with some libraries I would assume...

Ondřej Hruška · Answer 8 · Mon Jul 13 2015 19:38:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

You could've as well just said "dunno what's causing it"

Ondřej Hruška · Answer 9 · Sun Aug 02 2015 19:51:07 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Well I cannot reproduce the problem, it seems.

See here how to configure the editor: #58 (comment)

Deleted user · Answer 10 · Tue Aug 11 2015 10:35:37 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

After much debugging, you just have to reinstall -.- I can't replicate it after installing. Upgrading Windows versions must mess with some library or something... Same thing happened to my drivers. I had to reinstall. Parsing all the libraries shows that GIMP didn't support the Windows 10 insider previews... It works with the final release though.