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Bug 164380 - Gimp stores user settings in wrong folder on Windows 2000/XP Systems
Gimp stores user settings in wrong folder on Windows 2000/XP Systems
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 164075
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: General
2.2.x
Other Windows
: Low normal
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2005-01-17 19:20 UTC by Oliver C.
Modified: 2008-01-15 12:45 UTC
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Description Oliver C. 2005-01-17 19:20:18 UTC 
Gimp stores the user settings in a .gimp folder in 
the root directory of the user's home directory.

This might be correct on Unix/Linux systems, but it is wrong on windows 2000/XP
systems.

The .gimp folder should be stored in the "Application Data" folder,
which is in the root directory of each user's home directory.


Example: 
(these are German folder names, because i don't know the english counterparts)

Wrong:
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Username\.gimp\

Correct:
C:\Dokumente und Einstellungen\Username\Anwendungsdaten\.gimp\


Greetings,
 Oliver
Comment 1 Michael Schumacher 2005-01-17 19:54:23 UTC 
See bug 164075 - merely selecting another directory is not enough. 

You can use GIMP2_DIRECTORY to specify the location for the user settings.
Comment 2 weskaggs 2005-01-17 22:23:01 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 164075 ***