HOW TO INSTALL PLUGINS/General Plugin Troubleshooting Thread

[Sarkut]

Other possibilities:

Have you closed and re-opened Paint.NET after installing the plugin files?

Smudge used to be in the Distort sub-menu, it is now in the Tools sub-menu.

Have you checked in:

Utilities > View Plugin Load Errors

[Hitman H94]

Well I did the view Plugin Load Errors and it was on there, so what do I have to do?

[Sarkut]

Post what it says in the error report.

[Simon Brown]

Also are you using the latest version of Paint.NET.

[Hitman H94]

File: C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects\Smudge.dll

Effect Name: pyrochild.effects.smudge.Smudge

Full error message: This plugin is incompatible with this version of Paint.NET.

But when I click search for updates it says there are none

[pyrochild]

Go download the latest version of Smudge. Paint.NET only updates itself; you have to update plugins manually.

[Hitman H94]

Can I have a link please?

[Simon Brown]

There's one in his sig.

[Hitman H94]

Thanks for everything I owe you all one

[jebllard03]

okay i need some help please.. i have been trying to install boltbaits plug-in pack, and something is working right.. or i am not doing something right. i followed the directions on how yyour suppose to install a plug in. problem is when i go into the effects folder to so i can open up the properties and unlock the plug in... the plug in is not in my effects folder.. and i cannot find it anywhere on my computer. so i decided to try downloading it again.. and a pop up come on the screen telling me that it already exists and asks if i want to replace it. so..... idk what to do.. any suggestions?

[Sarkut]

jebllard03,

Try again, following these instructions, exactly.

Boltbait plugins:

Download the zipped file to your Desktop or Downloads folder.

Open the zip by left-clicking it.

Copy/paste the plugin files to your Effects folder.

Program Files/Paint.NET/Effects

BoltBait Plugins

=======================================================

Best to install plugins with Paint.NET closed.

Edited July 12, 2010 by Sarkut

[jebllard03]

jebllard03,

Try again, following these instructions, exactly.

Boltbait plugins:

Download the zipped file to your Desktop or Downloads folder.

Open the zip by left-clicking it.

Copy/paste the plugin files to your Effects folder.

Program Files/Paint.NET/Effects

BoltBait Plugins

=======================================================

Best to install plugins with Paint.NET closed.

i did all that... and this is what it did... what does this mean?

[Sarkut]

I can't read that.

Pls. redo screenshot.

http://www.take-a-screenshot.org/

Edited July 12, 2010 by Sarkut

[Sarkut]

Okay, I've deciphered the screenshot.

It says "The image type is not recognized and cannot be opened."

There are a few things that could cause that.

What specifically did you do immediately before that error message came up?

For example, did you double-click a plugin file?

Did this happen when you clicked on the zipfile?

Something else?

[jebllard03]

Okay, I've deciphered the screenshot.

It says "The image type is not recognized and cannot be opened."

There are a few things that could cause that.

What specifically did you do immediately before that error message came up?

For example, did you double-click a plugin file?

Did this happen when you clicked on the zipfile?

Something else?

i tried to open the zip file by left clicking it right before that came up.

[Sarkut]

Okay, it sounds like your OS file associations for .zip extensions are screwed up.

What OS version are you using? (XP, Vista, etc.)

Edited July 12, 2010 by Sarkut

[jebllard03]

Okay, it sounds like your OS file associations for .zip extensions are screwed up.

What OS version are you using? (XP, Vista, etc.)

vista

[Sarkut]

=File%20Folder%20Settings"]Restore Default File Associations

This should help, if your file associations for .zip are screwed up.

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A similar situation.

[Simon Brown]

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[jebllard03]

it worked. thanks so much. I thought i was doing something wronf.. but obviously not.. it was my computer

[wheany]

Is there a way to automatically copy plugins to paint.net/effects?

I want to sync the plugins of two machines automatically (using Unity). One is an XP machine, other is a Windows 7 machine.

On the XP machine things go smoothly, Unity runs and is able to copy all the dlls to and from the plugin directory, but on the Windows 7 machine, I get an "Access denied" even when I run the synchronization script as an Administrator. I understand that this is a security feature and I don't want to disable that, if possible.

To answer my own question: You can set a scheduled task to run when a user logs in, and set that task to run at the highest privileges. Of course you can make the task run at certain times as well.

[Hiielind]

Hi,

I'm the new here. I intalled this package as told but cant extract it, says: Access is denied

What should I do?

Thank U!

[Sarkut]

Hello Hiielind,

Please tell us specifically which plugin pack you are trying to install.

Also, what Windows version are you using? (XP, Vista, etc.)

[Hiielind]

Hi again,

I installed BoltBaitPack.zip (79.85K) from here: http://forums.getpai...?showtopic=8318

I have Windows7 and package is installed to C:/Program Files/Paint.NET/Effects folder

Edited August 6, 2010 by Hiielind

[Sarkut]

Try installing using the instructions in this link:

Copy only the plugin .dll files to the Effects folder, not the zip.

Edited August 6, 2010 by Sarkut