[Gimp-user] Misleading reply to a FAQ for installing a GIMP2.6 Windows 7-32 executable

[NoviceGimper <forums gimpusers com>]

Thanks - help much appreciated - I am going to try and deinstall - rename the file - reinstall- return the 
renamed file to it's original name upon installation of Gimp - as someone (perhaps you) kindly suggested - 
hope it works.


> Evan Neumann <orbitingeden gmail com> writes:

> > Let the kids finger paint over the cracked walls. 
> >
> > As far as Gimp. I don't know about the other issues, but rename intl dll intl-old.dll
> >
> > Then re-install Gimp.
> >
> > There is no feasible way to hold someone's hand through troubleshooting Gimp though. Because it is open 
> > source there are morose bugs that a user must muddle through when things go wrong.

> Perhaps that generalisation has merit, perhaps not, but in this case the
> fault lies with HP. I note that 
> Renatus <dositheus hotmail com> writes:
> > However intl.dll in folder Windows\System32 was hardly placed there by some broken
> > application. It is used by LoginUI.exe, the user interface for the logon screen!

> – well, the assumption is wrong. LoginUI.exe is in fact a broken
> application, part of HP's "personalisation", and it places a broken
> version of intl.dll in the Windows system directory. This overrides the
> file that GIMP expects to be there.  

> If anything, the problem is that GIMP expects the Windows install not to
> be screwed up by HP. If you own an HP computer, it might help to
> complain to them.

> Anyway, if you use PortableGIMP, this comment seems to give a solution:
> http://portableapps.com/node/1598#comment-11104

> -Kevin


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