Originally Posted by
Nick F
Good old rip-off Britain. I've got one word - GIMP
The problem with programs such as GIMP, which rely on additional run-time stuff to work, is that they're not necessarily straightforward to get going.
I just went to carry out the first phase of the GIMP installation and pulled back cos the message below appeared and there is no way I want anything to happen to my Roxio disc-burning stuff:
Setup has found some DLL files, which may conflict with programs that rely on GTK+ 2. To prevent such conflicts, Setup can automatically rename these files.
Note: Renaming these files may cause other programs to stop working. If you encounter such program, please read the FAQ at <http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/faq.html> for possible solutions.
Following is the list of files, which would be renamed:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Roxio Shared\DLLShared\zlib1.dll
If you choose to rename these files, their extension will be changed to .dll.off.
It happened that the original link to the FAQ didn't work (I've substituted a good URL above) but when I did eventually locate the relevant section, I was far from impressed by the explanation:
# The GIMP installer informs me about conflicting DLL and recommends to rename them. What does this mean?
# Another program installed libraries with the same name as those used by Gimp where they don't belong. If these files are incompatible with the libraries required by the GIMP, the GIMP may either fail to load, or work incorrectly.
Trying to think why the installer might imagine that it has more right to stick something in a Roxio folder than Roxio has has.
Ho hum.
Oh but Paint.NET went on in one go without any bother - and I'll be trying that out in the coming days.