Version 4.2.8., Vandermotten: The plugins don't work

[dherr 0]

Hi, I used the Vandermotten plug ins sinc years wit Paint.net.

Now I bought a new PC, installed Paint.net 4.2.8. and the plug ins too.

But the plugins doesn't work.

What can I do? I need this effects of the plug ins!

Regards-

Dietrich

[welshblue 3,177]

What version of paint.net are you using - Classic (free) or the Store version ?  Plugins go into different places depending on which version

 

Maybe you've read this ?  https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/InstallPlugins.html

 

All Kris's plugins are working in both versions for me

[dherr 0]

Hi Welshblue, I'm using free version 4.2.8. (Final 4.208.7276.37737) and I used the install program of Vandermotten. The DLLs are in the Effects folder.

The menue points of the effects are shown and I can use the dialogues to set options but at start nothing happens...

[Pixey 4,072]

Please try using the.exe option instead of the installer.  Then close paint.net and restart.

 

[dherr 0]

Hi Pixey, thanks for your tipp.

I only have this as files from Vandermotten. Look at picture

And I do always the install.exe. Don't know which EXE you mean...

 

[Pixey 4,072]

Can you see the Plugins in the Effects Folder?  Also, did you copy the .dll into the Effects Folder?

 

[IHaveNoName 29]

It looks to me if dherr maybe hasn't unpacked the zip file first.

 

The Vandermotten pack comes in a zip file which has to be unpacked before you can install it.

 

Clicking on the zip file will usually just open it in Windows Explorer unless you have an integrated zip manager.

 

That shows you the contents and you may not realise it is not actually unpacked. Anwendung is German for Application and that is how Windows Explorer describes files like that when you use it to view the contents of a zip file. The point is it is not unzipped.

 

Use 7Zip or Windows built in unzipping tool to unpack it correctly to a new folder/desktop/wherever and then try running the installer.exe.

 

The DLL can be anywhere on the PC but best to leave it where it is.

Edited January 23 by IHaveNoName
typo

[Pixey 4,072]

@IHaveNoName Surely he would have to unzip the pack in in order to get to the .exe, which he said he'd already used?

[toe_head2001 1,506]

Maybe you all missed this vital piece of information:

12 hours ago, dherr said:

The menue points of the effects are shown and I can use the dialogues to set options but at start nothing happens...

 

Clearly the plugins are installed.

dherr's issue is something else.

[IHaveNoName 29]

The accompanying installer.dll was not unpacked when the main installer.exe was launched - perhaps that is the explanation as to why the plugins are in the Effects folder but not working.

 

Nah, I was wrong - just tested it on a substituted in empty Effects folder and even if the installer was launched using Windows Explorer from inside the zipped file it still installs them correctly and they work*. Uninstall likewise.

 

 

* All tested and function as intended (Win7 64bit PDN 4.1.5).

 

So, agreed, dherrs' problem must be something else. But what? Win10 + newer PDN version? Somebody should check that in the same way.

Edited January 24 by IHaveNoName

[welshblue 3,177]

6 hours ago, IHaveNoName said:

Win10 + newer PDN version? Somebody should check that in the same way.

 

All of Kris's plugins I've got installed are working correctly in Win 10 - both Paint.net versions.  4.2.8 Store and Beta 4.2.9

 

Drop Shadow e.g. you can understand not working if an object isn't surrounded by transparency but the ones in the Adjustment or Blur menu ?

Hmmm this is above my pay grade

[dherr 0]

Dear friends, thank you very much for the tipps and ideas in this cause.

Meanwhile I have deinstalled all, paint.net and the plugins, then reinstalled all and - it's working!!!

I don't know why it now works but it's a delight!

Have a nice weekend -

Dietrich