GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 782537
Three entry point errors on Gimp startup.
Last modified: 2017-06-19 14:33:57 UTC
Created attachment 351672 [details] Three errors when starting Gimp 2.8.22 When starting Gimp, there are three Entry Point errors (_ZdlPvy) that pop up. Gimp doesn't continue starting until the 'OK' button is clicked. I do not know of any effects they have while Gimp is running. I am including a picture of all three errors.
Worked fine for me. Might be an instance of DLL hell on your system - maybe this DLL was brought by a third-party plug-in.
A possible approach to investigate this on your system: 1. Get Process Monitor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_Monitor 2. Use it to create a log when starting GIMP. Among other things, this tool shows all files accessed by processes on your system. Filters allow to limit the data shown, the DLL file name would be a suitable filter value. This will allow you to see where the DLL file with the missing entry points is located. 3. Figure out why this DLL file is there It should have (and does) come with the GIMP Windows installer in a suitable version, but might have been replaced by any other installer or yourself, e.-g. when installing a third-party plug-in. Or it might simply by lying around on your system, which is searched before the one the GIMP installer brought (this mess is what is called DLL hell). 4. Return with your findings, preferably before you do something. If you want to attach a Process Monitor log, make sure you do so in plain text.
Thanks for taking the time to report this. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 756922 ***