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Can't see GIMP windows - Tankred - 06-30-2025
I have used GIMP for years. I upgraded to 3.0 and can't see any of the windows. I have it pinned to the taskbar ande tried to run it from there, nothing.
The services are running in Task Manager, both gdbus and GIMP. I deleted the sessionrc folder and restarted. I have reinstalled it many times. My graphics driver is up to date.
Here is what I have for my computer:
- Motherboard Name Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Dark Hero (1 PCI-E x4, 2 PCI-E x16, 5 M.2, 4 DDR5 DIMM, Audio, Video, 2.5GbE LAN, 2 Thunderbolt 4, WiFi)
- Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER (16376 MB)
- Operating System Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
and various normal things.
I am a total loss because I have never seen this and I am a computer technician/cybersecuritry analyst.
Please help as I have been thru almost every suggestion on Google!
Thanks
RE: Can't see GIMP windows - Ofnuts - 06-30-2025
How many screens? There are Windows utilities that list the apps and their windows and let you manipulate them (move, restore...), did you try any of these?
RE: Can't see GIMP windows - Tas_mania - 06-30-2025
I've seen something similar with Debian. Installing Gimp 2.x or 3.x for the very first time puts new files into $HOME/.config/GIMP/3.0/ (LInux). People were using Gimp 2.x for so long that most people were just updating this folder. I seems easy for something to go wrong on an initial Gimp install.
As you are computer-savy you maybe able to locate your log files when Gimp is started and see where it halts. 'Gimp --verbose' from a terminal should also show you any errors.
If that doesn't work I suggest installing another Gimp3 version, possibly an earlier one just to write these essential files into your home account.
RE: Can't see GIMP windows - Tankred - 07-01-2025
(06-30-2025, 12:31 AM)Ofnuts Wrote: How many screens? There are Windows utilities that list the apps and their windows and let you manipulate them (move, restore...), did you try any of these?
I have tried all of the suggestions I have found. I really don't want to pay Adobe any more than I have to!
(06-30-2025, 08:57 AM)Tas_mania Wrote: I've seen something similar with Debian. Installing Gimp 2.x or 3.x for the very first time puts new files into $HOME/.config/GIMP/3.0/ (LInux). People were using Gimp 2.x for so long that most people were just updating this folder. I seems easy for something to go wrong on an initial Gimp install.
As you are computer-savy you maybe able to locate your log files when Gimp is started and see where it halts. 'Gimp --verbose' from a terminal should also show you any errors.
If that doesn't work I suggest installing another Gimp3 version, possibly an earlier one just to write these essential files into your home account.
I have not tried this yet. I will run it in Powershell and get back here.