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GIMP 3.0.8 Installation - tb75252 - 01-28-2026
I have just installed GIMP 3.0.8 (64-bit) on three PCs, all of them with Windows 10 (64-bit), v. 22H2, OS Build 19045.6466.
GIMP does not launch on any of the three after double-clicking on its icon. It briefly displays a small blue spinning circle and nothing else happens...
Is there a trick to launching GIMP on PCs that run Windows 10?
Thanks.
RE: GIMP 3.0.8 Installation - rich2005 - 01-28-2026
Hmm....same as yesterdays post: https://www.gimp-forum.net/Thread-GIMP-won-t-start-after-fresh-install
It is the usual issue - reproducing the problem.
Using a Win 10 (VM) and the gimp-3.0.8.exe installer from Gimp.org (size 303,675,352 bytes)
(1) Install over an existing Gimp 3.0.4 installation. The installer found the old version, removed then installed 3.0.8 Started ok with the existing user profile.
(2) Uninstalled and removed old Gimp 3 installation. Then a default Gimp install (..for me only (recommended) ) and that works here as well.
As previous advise, try starting in a terminal and see if you get any error messages. I get this with that http fail because the Win10 is not connected to the internet.
[attachment=14221]
There are other command line switches try running:
gimp.exe --verbose
also if it is stuck on a broken font gimp.exe --no-fonts