Manc Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I've just installed the latest PDN Nearly all the plugins and adjustments have duplicated. Any idea's how I can fix it. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Take a look here, maybe you have the same or similar situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Thanks @ReMake Doesn't really explain how to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) Sorry @ReMake Got it. I need to go to the effects folder and manually delete items. May take awhile but that's OK. Not working. How do I find the whole effects folder? Edited October 9, 2021 by Manc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 31 minutes ago, Manc said: Not working. How do I find the whole effects folder? There maybe two effects folders: 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReMake Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 On 9/26/2021 at 8:50 PM, Rick Brewster said: You can rest the mouse over the effect in the menu to see its name and file system location. You will see that the duplicates are from different locations, which means you have installed more than 1 copy of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 15 minutes ago, Pixey said: There maybe two effects folders: Thanks @Pixey Finally found it. Thanks for help @ReMake. Cheers.🙃 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Manc said: Doesn't really explain how to fix it. If I understand what your problem is, it's that you have folders within the Effects folder that contain copies of the plugins. You've got to either move the folders outside the Effects folder, or move the folders into a folder within the Effects folder (e,g., Effects>NewFolder>OldFolderWithPluginCopies). The 4.3+ version of PDN not only searches for plugins within the Effects folder, but also checks for plugins in subfolders that are one level deep in the Effects folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 20 minutes ago, MJW said: If I understand what your problem is, it's that you have folders within the Effects folder that contain copies of the plugins. You've got to either move the folders outside the Effects folder, or move the folders into a folder within the Effects folder (e,g., Effects>NewFolder>OldFolderWithPluginCopies). The 4.3+ version of PDN not only searches for plugins within the Effects folder, but also checks for plugins in subfolders that are one level deep in the Effects folder. Sorry @MJW You've lost me. Anyway in the effects folder they are not duplicated, so can't fix it. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing, that didn't work. Think I might have to live with it. Cheers.🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 37 minutes ago, Manc said: Anyway in the effects folder they are not duplicated, so can't fix it. Do you have folders within the Effects folder? And if so, do those folders also contain plugin DLLs? If not, I misunderstood your problem. If so, reread my original comment with that in mind. EDIT: By "Effects folder" I mean the folder (aka directory) on your hard drive that contains the plugin DLLs (for the folder locations, see Pixey's comment). Check and see if besides DLLs, the Effects folder also contains folders. If it does, check those folders to see if they contain any plugin DLLs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 Sorry @MJW Still lost. Will come back to it tomorrow. Cheers.🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Still no luck. Here is a screenshot of my folders, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 What do you have in the SHAPES folder? If the same shapes are in there, as what you show here, then this is why they are duplicated. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 You shouldn't have shapes files in the main program folder ... they go in the Shapes folder Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Thanks @Pixey and @Rick Brewster. Does that mean I need to delete all the shapes outside the folder? Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, Manc said: Does that mean I need to delete all the shapes outside the folder? Yes, Shapes have their very own folder, just by themselves 😁 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Thanks @pixey. Sorry for being stupid. Do I delete everything outside the folders. Thanks for your patience. Cheers.🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSD Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I faced the same thing and I solved the situation as described by MJW. This folder (in my case) contains Unused effects folder. They are "read" by paint. net and displayed so it can appear as duplicates. I moved that folder elsewhere. https://i.imgur.com/NI0vu3Z.png Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Yes, the screen shot you showed here: Delete those shapes that are outside of the Shapes Folder. i.e. from club all the way down to 3D pyramid. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Sorry to bother you again @Pixey It's not only from 'Club' to '3d pyramid', that is just the screenshot. There are hundreds, do I delete the lot? If I can't fix it, I will just have to live with it. Thanks again.🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Did you ever find these two: If you are using the Classic version and, If you have an Effects folder in both of these places, i.e. paint.net and paint.netApp Files you will have to delete the duplicates from one of them. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJW Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 4 hours ago, Manc said: Here is a screenshot of my folders, thanks. What I need to see is a screenshot of what's in the Effects folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manc Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) Thanks @MJW Here's the screenshot. Hope it help's As you can see, they're 362 items. Edited October 10, 2021 by Manc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinthDesertDude Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) Do not delete DLL files. Those are your plugins. Delete only the files labeled XML document under the column called Type in that screenshot. You can click on that column to sort by type, so all the XML documents that are your shapes will be in one location. That'll make it easier to remove them. Edited October 10, 2021 by NinthDesertDude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 1 hour ago, NinthDesertDude said: Do not delete DLL files. Those are your plugins. Delete only the files labeled XML document under the column called Type in that screenshot. You can click on that column to sort by type, so all the XML documents that are your shapes will be in one location. That'll make it easier to remove them. Nope. @Manc is asking about duplicated plugins. @Pixey has posted the most likely cause of the issue. Twice. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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