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I downloaded GIMP 2.8 yestereday. Immediately it installed, I tried to open it but windows gave me an error message that the program stopped. I restarted my computer but nothing changed. Pls help me. I use windows7. The error message is:a problem made the program to stop. Windows will notify you if a solution is available

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    I'm not sure if this even on-topic for SO (looks more suitable for superuser.com), but you should at least add the error message to your post. – YakovL Jul 11 '16 at 06:44
  • Many possible reasons for this, like DLL conflicts. Where did you download it from? download.gimp.org? partha.com(\*)? or some less reputable source? (\*) Builds from partha.com come with the more useful/popular plugins pre-installed, so they are a good alternative to the official ones. – xenoid Jul 11 '16 at 12:46
  • Font cache creation on first run is the most likely cause for this particular problem, btw - the workaround is to wait. – Michael Schumacher Jul 12 '16 at 15:02

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Use the "portable" version of Gimp, instead. No installation, no dlls, no register mess, no broken links, garbage folders, nothing. You even can run it right from a pendrive, no matter if you are at your home or no: Gimp will be with you. Free, riskless, easy and 100% legal: http://portableapps.com/apps

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