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GIMP can't open PNG files? How could that be?

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GIMP can't open PNG files? How could that be? grimpy 07 Apr 15:05
  GIMP can't open PNG files? How could that be? Matt Hines 07 Apr 16:11
   GIMP can't open PNG files? How could that be? grimpy 08 Apr 14:04
grimpy
2011-04-07 15:05:34 UTC (almost 14 years ago)
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GIMP can't open PNG files? How could that be?

I just installed GIMP 2.6.11 on Windows 7 64-bit, then tried to open a .png file.

Alas, instead of the image, I was surprised to see an error message box stating:

"Opening C:\Users\me\Pictures\snapshot.png failed: Unknown file type"

Huh? How is this possible?

I have GIMP 2.6 running perfectly on Windows XP (32-bit) and never had any such problem.

Any idea what's causing that and what can I do to fix this?

Thans.

Matt Hines
2011-04-07 16:11:20 UTC (almost 14 years ago)

GIMP can't open PNG files? How could that be?

Well you could check the dependencies, you could try re downloading the png libraries (idk which gimp uses exactly)

On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 11:05 AM, grimpy wrote:

I just installed GIMP 2.6.11 on Windows 7 64-bit, then tried to open a .png file.

Alas, instead of the image, I was surprised to see an error message box stating:

"Opening C:\Users\me\Pictures\snapshot.png failed: Unknown file type"

Huh? How is this possible?

I have GIMP 2.6 running perfectly on Windows XP (32-bit) and never had any such problem.

Any idea what's causing that and what can I do to fix this?

Thans.

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grimpy
2011-04-08 14:04:10 UTC (almost 14 years ago)
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GIMP can't open PNG files? How could that be?

Well you could check the dependencies, you could try re downloading the png libraries (idk which gimp uses exactly)

Thanks but the Windows version should come pre-packaged with all dependencies resolved (as in the working Windows XP case I described).

See setup file here: http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/stable.html

I only download ready-to-run binaries, I don't know how to build from source. Any other suggestions?