Lorrycc Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hi guys I've started to download PaintNet again on my new laptop but there's a but and very odd. I had downloaded pdyplugin pack which is a circle plugin set of text, unzipped it and put it in effects folder and the plugin is not on in the affects as you can see from the snap shot . Am I doing anything wrong here? I think I should tell you that I have windows7. I don't think that would make any difference. With other plugins I've unzipped and transfered to the effects folder are fine but this ghostly pdyplugin pack is weird. Any help is appreicatated thanks Lorraine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Did you restart Paint.net? Are you sure you put in in the right place? Generally, the default location is C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\Effects If yes to the above questions, post a screenshot of your effects folder contents (including the path to the folder). 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...
Lorrycc Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) I had put the screen shot in the above post as you can on the left side of the screen you can see paintnet then effects just below which is listed in with some of the plugins I have. I had done exactally you had mentioned and you can see it's not in the effect menu Edited September 5, 2011 by Lorrycc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 The effects need to be directly in the effects folder, not in sub-folders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountnman Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 ummm. i dont understand why you have a seperate "text formations" folder.. did you download both the textformations pack and the full plugin pack vs 5.2? if so, why? Quote SARCASM- Just one of the many services I offer free to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountnman Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) mines in subfolders and works that way.. just saying btw added just the text formations folder to see if that messed things up-- it didnt Edited September 5, 2011 by mountnman Quote SARCASM- Just one of the many services I offer free to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrycc Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 Simon that is in directly in the effects folder. I had put it in there years ago before and now having new a laptop it's not showing in the effects menu in paintnet. Mountain where is the subfolder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountnman Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 the subfolder is the dpy folder within your effects folder.. as you will notice in my thuumbnail i have 5 subfolders, since i added the "text formations" folder Quote SARCASM- Just one of the many services I offer free to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountnman Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 im gonna say -- delete the dpy folder and the text formations folder, then redownload the zip file for just dpy v 5.2 , extract, and copy to the effects folder again everything you have looks fine compared to mine but obviously theres a glitch-- remeber to have pdn closed when doing this Quote SARCASM- Just one of the many services I offer free to the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrycc Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) I had tried that and still remains the same?I had deleted both and this I extracted in effects straight from winrar and this came up I had moved it into subfolder and no change there! Edited September 5, 2011 by Lorrycc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 mines in subfolders and works that way.. just saying They're directly in the effect's folder as well. For example, AA's assistant is a dpy plugin. Simon that is in directly in the effects folder. I had put it in there years ago before and now having new a laptop it's not showing in the effects menu in paintnet. Mountain where is the subfolder? Only the plugins by Pyrochild are directly in your effects folder. DPY's plugins are in a sub-folder. When you download the zip, right-click on it and select Open With -> Windows Explorer, then extract using that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorrycc Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 I tried it and no it's still not in the effects menu I had also tried putting in the folder and still not effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Moved to Troubleshooting Plugins will not be loaded if they are in the Paint.NET application folder. The DLLs must be directly in the Effects folder, not in further subfolders. 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...
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