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Wednesday, April 09, 2008

Gimp on Vista: svg.exe has stopped working

I've just installed Gimp 2.4.5 on Vista. Every time I run Gimp, there're always error message like this:

svg.exe has stopped working

helpbrowser.exe has stopped working

Checking the detail information, seems there's problem with libxml2.dll ( Fault Module Name: libxml2.dll ). Searching from internet, finally found out the workaround:

As administrator, copy libxml2.dll from the bin directory of installed gimp (default will be c:\program files\gimp\bin ) into c:\windows. And don't forget to backup the original libxml2.dll just in case it is required, by simply rename it into any file name, eg: libxml2.dll.original.


That's all.
Posted by chn at Wednesday, April 09, 2008
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31 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 17, 2008 at 2:39 AM

    Hi, thanks a lot!! i was searching long time for the reason!!!!
    greetz martin

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  2. AnonymousMay 13, 2008 at 5:37 AM

    Thank you very much from me too!!!

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  3. AnonymousMay 26, 2008 at 5:49 PM

    Is was a big help, Bert

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  4. AnonymousJune 21, 2008 at 11:32 PM

    You are a true hero

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  5. AnonymousJuly 13, 2008 at 1:47 AM

    Thanks from Sabadell (Barcelona - Catalonia - Spain). Gràcies de debò m'ha anat de fàbula ... dos minuts i llestos!.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 20, 2008 at 4:58 PM

    Nice, those crash's been bugging me a lot too!

    But setting the program's working directory to "C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\bin" (or wherever you installed it) works for me.

    This way you keep the original DLL in the windows dir.

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  7. chnAugust 20, 2008 at 9:33 PM

    hi Steve-o, thanks for the better solution. It's good as it doesn't replace windows original file.

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  8. LWSeptember 11, 2008 at 12:10 AM

    Steve-O,

    great solution. You show tell how to "set the program's working directory"?

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  9. CassSeptember 12, 2008 at 11:26 AM

    Weeee!!! Thanks a lot. That error has been so annoying.. Thanks!

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 22, 2008 at 12:12 AM

    Ciao a tutti. Grazie 1000. Con il tuo suggerimento ora Gimp funziona.

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  11. AnonymousNovember 22, 2008 at 8:58 PM

    Thanks a lot, that helped me.

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  12. AnonymousDecember 16, 2008 at 5:03 AM

    thanks man! u rock!

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 13, 2009 at 3:19 AM

    Thanks very much!!!

    I was looking for a solution for this for a long time. Finally I found you in my way.

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 3:29 PM

    i had gimp on my computer before and kept getting this error message and it led to other problems so i just deleted it....well i tried it again and took your suggestion...A-mazing...thanks so much!!!!!!!!

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 25, 2009 at 4:29 AM

    Yay! That was annoying me to the point of frustration!

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  16. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2009 at 3:28 PM

    Thanks a lot. Had been looking elsewhere and got nowhere.

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  17. josephalfordFebruary 21, 2009 at 9:35 AM

    Worked perfectly, thanks!

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  18. AnonymousMarch 10, 2009 at 11:03 PM

    Thanks very much as the others!

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  19. AnonymousApril 3, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    Thanks a lot!!!

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  20. AnonymousApril 11, 2009 at 8:29 AM

    Didn't work. ;(

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  21. AnonymousApril 20, 2009 at 6:17 AM

    Thx it really worked :)

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  22. JDBarApril 30, 2009 at 10:14 AM

    Running in compatibility mode for XP seems to work also.

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  23. anarrestiMay 16, 2009 at 12:53 AM

    I had the same problem with that file error with Gimp 2.6, and copying the file like you said did not work for me. But I foollowed what was Gimp team said in thei FAQ's http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/faq.html
    "# I'm getting cryptic error messages about missing entries in DLL files when I try to run GIMP. What's causing this?
    # GIMP loads fine when I run it by clicking the icon, but crashes if I double-click a file associated with it. What is causing this?
    # This is usually caused by broken programs installing libraries to Windows\System32 directory. Most likely there's a bad version of intl.dll, libxml2.dll, xmlparse.dll or xmltok.dll in there. Rename or remove it, and GIMP should load fine."

    I just renamed libxml2.dll in Windows\System32 directory and the error was gone.

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  24. Victor OstenMay 25, 2009 at 9:20 PM

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  25. AnonymousJune 11, 2009 at 11:38 PM

    Had the same problem. Downloaded the GTK+ runtime from http://download.cnet.com/3001-2192_4-10280276.html?spi=fa435a17789f01347722ccb595bcd0ab and reinstalled GIMP selecting the Custom install and deselecting the GTK+ install option. Seems to have worked fine.

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  26. AnonymousJune 28, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    thanksss

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  27. Naim ZinJuly 1, 2009 at 5:17 PM

    Thanks!

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  28. AnonymousJuly 8, 2009 at 5:46 AM

    It seems that you made a lot of people happy. Including me! Thnx!

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  29. AnonymousJuly 20, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    Well, here's another happy and grateful user...

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  30. Zach KlineJuly 30, 2009 at 7:38 AM

    you are awesome!

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  31. AnonymousMay 27, 2010 at 7:09 PM

    I have a similar problem for Gimp when opening a new doc it just closes down... message is that it's stopped working

    Anyone got a fix for this?

    I'm using Vista

    Ta

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