[Gimp-user] File Type Unknown

[koalaballah <forums gimpusers com>]

> The installer from gimp.org will not run without administrative
> privileges
> (you can't write to Program Files if you're not Administrator anyway),
> so
> something else must be the problem.
>
> koalaballah: open Windows Explorer, navigate to C:\Users\<your
> username>
> and delete the .gimp-2.8 folder (this will reset all the settings),
> then
> try running GIMP again.


Thank you so much for the suggestion.  I wonder if that would have worked.  I
ended up going nuclear and reset my computer to factory settings.  Everything is
running smoothly now.  It was something that I kinda wanted to do anyway.

Thank you everyone for your help, and sorry to everyone who might have the same
problem some time in the future.

-- 
koalaballah (via www.gimpusers.com/forums)