Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp 2.6 freezes on querying shift.exe - Win 7

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 12/11/2011 11:49 PM, Fluffmeister wrote:
> I've been using Gimp for a while on my Windows XP machines, but recently I got two new PCs, both running 
> Windows 7 64 bit.
>
> Gimp appears to install fine, but when I run it, it hangs on "querying plugins: shift.exe". And when I say 
> hang, it's a serious hang - I can't open any other programs (eg the Chrome browser), and the only solution is to shut 
> down the PC.
>
> Both the laptop and my desktop PC are pretty new - they don't have much stuff on them yet - and they both 
> hang at this point, so I haven't been able to run Gimp at all.
>
> Anyone else had this problem?
>
> Any suggestions very welcome - thanks in advance!

shift.exe corresponds to a plugin that isn't much used as far as I know 
(Filters/Distorts/Shift), so at least as a temporary measure you can 
disable it (rename to shift.exe.disabled) and see if Gimp becomes 
functional (if so I suspect your Gimp installer to be corrupt, because 
this plugin is fairly basic and doesn't do anything that other plugins 
don't).