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    HOW TO INSTALL PLUGINS/General Plugin Troubleshooting Thread

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    I'm afraid you'd have to walk me through this. I'm pretty computer illiterate. sorry ;(

    Thanks for the suggestions, I don't know what the problem is. I'm about to give up :(
    I'm quickly running out of ideas with which to help you. Could you try a reinstall of Paint.NET, please? This includes manually deleting the Paint.NET system folder after the uninstallation.

    We'll try a complete, fresh restart to see if that sorts you out. We'll have you back up and running in no time! :)

    Woah this thread makes my head spin. :shock:

    Too many words....

    Don't read it then

    :P

    (I was tempted to omit the smiley...)

    HOW TO INSTALL PLUGINS/General Plugin Troubleshooting Thread

    in Plugins - Publishing ONLY!

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    Thanks for the suggestions, I don't know what the problem is. I'm about to give up :(

    I checked the Pc and we're both listed as administators, so thats not the problem. I followed that link you sent and learned how to unblock dll. That didn't help. I even tried downloading a random plugin from the PDN site in case it was the email attachment that didnt work. That plugin didn't work either. I really love PDN and now I feel like I'm going to miss out on so many cool effects! Thanks for trying.

    If someone has emailed you the instructions, then with no slight against the sender, I would highly suggest reading this page instead, which was written by a long standing member of this community and one of our moderators, BoltBait: http://boltbait.googlepages.com/install

    Try that first, see if you have missed out a step or two - it even details the unblocking of DLLs if this is your problem.

    Also, how were the plugins emailed to you? If it was a link to their topics on this Forum, then no worries. Although, if they were sent as attachments or other means, I would try to find them again here and install them once more.

    If, however, you are still unable to use your plugins, finding out what type of account you hold on your computer is the next best step. Try not to bombard yourself with all this at once, try the instruction page above first, then this below; no need to do it all at once ;).

    To find out what account variety you hold, if you head towards Control Panel > User Accounts under 'pick an account to change' you should see a list of the accounts on that computer, with privileges accompanying those. You will see account types as Limited Account, Administrator and so on. If you're on a Limited Account yet your husband as an Administrator, then he will have to install the plugins for you. As you know, you have to be in possession of admin rights to access and modify system folders.

    HOW TO INSTALL PLUGINS/General Plugin Troubleshooting Thread

    in Plugins - Publishing ONLY!

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    No, you're not underestimating my skill.....I really don't know anything about this stuff. I just downloaded PDN a few weeks ago and this is my first attempt at plugins. Someone emailed me the plugins with instructions and it seems I did everything right, it's just not showing up in PDN. What do you mean by unblocking DLL?? Also, I've read that I have to be installing under system administrator. How do I know who this is? My hubby and I both have log ins. Sorry if I'm totally dumb with this stuff ; )

    Hello lynnley.

    Have you unblocked the DLL? Have you looked in the Photo submenu in Paint.NET? Have you restarted Paint.NET since the installation? Have you had any problems with any other effects other than Unsharp Mask?

    I know it sounds as though I'm firing off questions which could be seen as obvious, I'm not underestimating your skill, just trying to get to the root of the problem. Sometimes that root could be the simplest of things we overlook without even thinking about it.

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