Mary Dargis wrote:

I have a new hp laptop running vista x64 i have installed and uninstalled gimp a few times and keep getting the message that gimp has stopped working. In between installations i have removed everything gimp as to start fresh. I tried running as administrator, no luck. Can yo please help me. I have done all my work on gimp and am very frustrated.

First question to ask is if whether or not you are using the installers for 32 or 64 bit Windows. I am running Gimp 2.6.6 for Windows on 64 bit XP SP3, without any difficulty, though it appears I may have intstalled using the 32 bit version.

ns

try vers 6.2.4

you could always return and get your money back, I hear they let you keep using it after that.

lol

seriously, i cant get the newer versions to run on my Vista

From: Mary Dargis 
To: gimp-user@lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 6:28:11 PM
Subject: [Gimp-user] not working


hi,
I have a new hp laptop running vista x64
 i have installed and uninstalled gimp a few times and keep getting the message that gimp has stopped working. In between installations i have removed everything gimp as to start fresh. I tried running as administrator, no luck. Can yo please help me. I have done all my work on gimp and am very frustrated.
mambus2000@yahoo.com
M. Dargis

On 08/12/2009 01:28 AM, Mary Dargis wrote:

hi,
I have a new hp laptop running vista x64 i have installed and uninstalled gimp a few times and keep getting the message that gimp has stopped working.

The Windows installers for GIMP 2.6.5 and GIMP 2.6.6 is packaged wrongly and will only keep from crashing with luck.

You should either use GIMP 2.6.4 or wait for GIMP 2.6.7 to be released, which should be soonish.

/ Martin

On 08/12/2009 01:28 AM, Mary Dargis wrote:

hi,
I have a new hp laptop running vista x64 i have installed and uninstalled gimp a few times and keep getting the message that gimp has stopped working.

The Windows installers for GIMP 2.6.5 and GIMP 2.6.6 is packaged wrongly and will only keep from crashing with luck.

You should either use GIMP 2.6.4 or wait for GIMP 2.6.7 to be released, which should be soonish.

/ Martin

Hi Mary,

You asked for some help with installing 2.6.4 I think.

Go here http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/gimptalk-glossary-&-faq-look-here-before-asking?-t26068.html

and scroll down to "how to do a clean install of GIMP" and follow the steps. If step 1 is confusing just do the steps after you've just started up your computer. You can skip step 1 if you do it when you've just started up your computer.

At step 7 you need to download version 2.6.4 that you can find here http://www.filehippo.com/download_the_gimp/5072/

Hope this helps!

jolie