[Gimp-user] Troubles with Windows 10

[fa-flyingalone <forums gimpusers com>]

> Hello,
> I've just recently been forced to move from a Windows 7 computer to
> Windows 10. I have a number of problems with GIMP which might be
> caused by Windows 10, or by the draconian number of "security"
> programs we are forced to have running on our systems. Here's the
> situation:
>
> (1) I cannot run any version of Gimp newer than 2.10.0. Attempting to
> start any newer version generates a Gimp process, but never actually
> brings up the program. Not even the splash screen. Poking about on
> various user forums suggests that the culprit in this case might be
> Sophos. Unfortunately, knowing the possible cause does not give me a
> cure. If anyone knows of a fix for this, please let me know.
>
> (2) Running version 2.10.0 is okay, it has the functionality I need
> (though, I wonder what improvements I'm missing - probably a lot).
> However, whenever I try to do any sort of file operation - like
> opening, saving, exporting, etc. - I get at least one error box with
> the message
>
> COULD NOT RETRIEVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FILE
> Error when getting information for file "C:\
> ": No such file or directory
>
> I suspect this problem has something to do with the environment
> variables for "HOME", "HOMEDRIVE" or "HOMEPATH"? Unfortunately these
> are set by our IT people to a directory on our shared network server.
> Something I don't like, but can't change. Is my suspicion true? If
> not, what is the cause of this mess? It's particularly annoying if I
> try to change the configuration options -> it generates about 20 of
> those windows which must be closed one at a time before anything else
> can be done.
>
> So, any ideas about my troubles, or any other system configurations
> that might make GIMP run nicely would be appreciated.
>
> Ken


Hello Ken
Windows 10 does not play nice with Gimp , read that a lot in other forum and for
the most part  Win 10 is not too bothered about helping out with " those little
problems "seems to be the way they see it.

If you want to look into community help types and help in general look at Linux
- these days it's easier than it used to be and a lot of operating systems can
be installed with a little common sense also reading the install guide and the
very helpful forums IF you should need that help , at the now I'm using
Netrunner Rolling it's a Manjaro derivative , 9 months and still going good ,
the occasional hiccup and the help is there when I need it , Mint is popular
also , spend a moment at  http://distrowatch.com/ , if you decide on a ubuntu
family distro double triple check the reviews use with caution ( privacy )
(yours) , It is not difficult to run a Linux operating system and the admins of
the Linux O.S. are there for you and so is the community.
Sorry I cannot help with Windos 10

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