SuperK Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 Hi Everyone, This is my first post but I have been casually playing with PDN for over a year, and I want to thank you for this program, I honestly don't see much it can't do even compared to the more expensive programs. So today I decided that my with my new clients website project I was going to see if I could do all the graphics using PDN- So to that end I installed it (actually updated as I installed when I bought this new laptop) and then downloaded some plugins I thought I could use. Unzipped them, copied them to the 'Effects' folder and figured that I was good to go. But for some reason, even after a reboot, I see none of the new plugins I have apparently installed. I can't think of anything I am doing wrong as it seems pretty straight forward to copy some DLL's to a folder on my hard drive, then restart PDN. I even did a reboot but nothing. So is there some quirk of Win7 I am unaware of or does someone have an idea what might be wrong?? Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperK Posted November 15, 2009 Author Share Posted November 15, 2009 Sorry, I just realized I posted this in the wrong area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 I've moved it for you :wink: I have also editied the title to something more specific - your original title did not mention plugins at all. What plugins are you having trouble with? 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...
pyrochild Posted November 15, 2009 Share Posted November 15, 2009 If you downloaded with Internet Explorer, you might have to "unblock" DLL files. I have no experience with this as I avoid IE like the plague, so I don't really know what I'm talking about. Make sure a copy of PaintDotNet.Effects.dll did not accidentally end up in the Effects folder. There is (was?) an issue with this that prevent plugins from loading. Go to Utilities -> View Plugin Load Errors and post anything you see there. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperK Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 I refuse to use IE Downloaded with Google Chrome. I downloaded pyro's pack and Madjik's as well. I do not see the PDN DLL in the effects folder, I do have the pyrochilds required DLL in there though. One odd thing I have noticed is that the only folder I see is the effects folder, I thought it might be because the folders were set to hidden but I unchecked that and still that is the only folder or file I see in there. Plugin errors is greyed out, so I assume that means there are none. PDN still starts and runs so I know it's there but I am thinking there should be a little something more in the folder that that right? Keep in mind I am a Linux and XP user and may just not know all the quirks of windows 7 yet. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Find PaintDotNet.exe. Right click your Paint.NET icon, click Properties, click Open File Location. Make sure the Effects folder you see here is the one you're putting plugin files in. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperK Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Apparently that was the issue, thanks. There is a folder called Program Files(x86) on the C drive and a folder called Paint.NET somehow got created there. Have no idea because I know I didn't do it LOL Thank you for the help!!! Now I can get started on my project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I believe the issue is MadJik's installer. It assumes that Paint.NET is installed in %PROGRAMFILES%, but on a 64-bit OS, the value of that environment variable can either be "Program Files" or "Program File (x86)" depending on the bittedness of the application accessing it. Paint.NET is 64-bit on 64-bit OS's, but MadJik's installer is 32-bit regardless. In other words, blame MadJik Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperK Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 I will do that very thing Thanks again!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Glad to be of assistance. Welcome to the forum! Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSweet1 Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Hi I'm very new to the Forum (as in just joined a couple minutes ago) but have been using Paint.net for a long time as well. I recently upgraded to Windows 7 and was also having trouble installing the plug ins. Basically, I joined to say thank you, pyrochild for answering with such an easy fix! I was about to pull my hair out until I read this. Thanks, SuperK for posting this also. It's good to know I wasn't alone with this issue lol Megan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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