Solved "Edit With Gimp" Context Menu Missing

[Arc]

Hi !

There was a picture file format context menu (for .jpg, .png etc) "Edit With Gimp . Today I have had an image restoration , and after that the menu is missing .

I have restored that image many times previously, but I have never missed it . I have tried the tutorial http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19449-default-file-type-associations-restore.html . But I havent get it back .

Is there any easy way to get it back other than reinstalling GIMP ?

Thanks in advance .

 

[Bongo]

Hi Arc
Do you have a "Edit with GIMP" at
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\jpegfile\shell
&
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pngfile\shell

& icofile & giffile

I can export them for you if needed
Jerry

 

[Arc]

Thanks for helping Jerry . But I dont have those entries

Am I to add those ? Actually I dont have enough experience with registry items . Always leave those untouched .

 

[Bongo]

Thanks for helping Jerry . But I dont have those entries

Am I to add those ? Actually I dont have enough experience with registry items . Always leave those untouched .

Make a backup of your registry & download the zip & open it & double click on the reg files click Yes & OK & see if you have Edit with Gimp in your context menu or reinstall gimp
Jerry

 

[whs]

Open With - Add Program - Vista Forums

 

[Arc]

Make a backup of your registry & download the zip & open it & double click on the reg files click Yes & OK & see if you have Edit with Gimp in your context menu or reinstall gimp
Jerry

Thanks Jerry Sorry for the let reply ; I was posting a tutorial as Shawn told me to do so . Downloaded the zip, and I am to see now whether it works or not .

Open With - Add Program - Vista Forums

Thanks for your help, Wolfgang But I didnot want it in "Open With" list . The actual situation was it was in the context menu between Open and Edit , s the second item thereto . So it saved a fraction of a second in searching .... as there is a lot of programs in the context menu of image files' open with list

 

[Arc]

Thanks a lot Jerry


I've got it back

 

[Bongo]

Good deal Arc glad you got it
Jerry

 

[aharown07]

Conflict w/Windows Live Photo Gallery

The registry fix here didn't work for me. Nor did a reinstall of Gimp. Decided to do some experimenting.
Turned out that .jpg was set to Windows Live Photo Gallery as its default Open action. When I changed this to Windows Photo Viewer, presto, the "Edit with Gimp" option now appears on right click of .jpg files.

I don't want to use Gimp as the Open default. That would probably fix it as well. And once in a while I use the Photo Gallery tool (I think)... uninstalling that would probably work also.

How to do what I did...
- Start menu
- Key in "file associations"
- Select "change the file type..."
- In the tool that opens (I guess its the Default Programs, Set Associations tool), find .jpg, .gif, etc. and mess with the default Open. Probably anything but Windows Live Photo Gallery will resolve the issue, though I haven't tried other options.

Update...
Looks like what you select for the default open makes a difference. .gif files revealed this because I selected Paint... no "Edit with Gimp" option. But if I set it to IE, the "Edit with Gimp" menu appears.
Conclusion: you probably have to select whatever the Windows default is for the file type. This is not hard to identify because when you click "Change program" in the file associations tool, it will go to the windows default in the Recommended Programs list.

 

[barkster]

Does anyone know why this happens. I've been struggling with this for an app but would like to know why that affects the menus showing up or not?

 

[Norfeldt]

If it bugs you with the Open with dialog then it is because that the reg is referencing the wrong place.

I my case it worked with:
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin\gimp-2.8.exe

Have added an updated version of the reg file

 

[Geosammy]

I have the same issue, and am looking for the reg entry's for 32bit Windows 7 Pro. That will add "Edit with Gimp" to my right click menu.

 

[Bongo]

I have the same issue, and am looking for the reg entry's for 32bit Windows 7 Pro. That will add "Edit with Gimp" to my right click menu.

Welcome to the Seven Forums

What version of gimp do you have?

Jerry

 

[Geosammy]

I have the same issue, and am looking for the reg entry's for 32bit Windows 7 Pro. That will add "Edit with Gimp" to my right click menu.

Welcome to the Seven Forums

What version of gimp do you have?

Jerry

Thanks for the welcome, and I'm using Gimp 2.8.10

 

[Bongo]

I have the same issue, and am looking for the reg entry's for 32bit Windows 7 Pro. That will add "Edit with Gimp" to my right click menu.

Welcome to the Seven Forums

What version of gimp do you have?

Jerry

Thanks for the welcome, and I'm using Gimp 2.8.10

Give me a few and I will get some for you.

Jerry

 

[Bongo]

Do this 1st
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4230-registry-backup-restore.html

This should work on 32 bit(x86)

Jerry

 

[Geosammy]

Do this 1st
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/4230-registry-backup-restore.html

This should work on 32 bit(x86)

Jerry

Thanks, I'll be sure to make the appropriate backup's before any install.

 

[charkzilla20]

The registry fix here didn't work for me. Nor did a reinstall of Gimp. Decided to do some experimenting.
Turned out that .jpg was set to Windows Live Photo Gallery as its default Open action. When I changed this to Windows Photo Viewer, presto, the "Edit with Gimp" option now appears on right click of .jpg files.

I don't want to use Gimp as the Open default. That would probably fix it as well. And once in a while I use the Photo Gallery tool (I think)... uninstalling that would probably work also.

How to do what I did...
- Start menu
- Key in "file associations"
- Select "change the file type..."
- In the tool that opens (I guess its the Default Programs, Set Associations tool), find .jpg, .gif, etc. and mess with the default Open. Probably anything but Windows Live Photo Gallery will resolve the issue, though I haven't tried other options.

Update...
Looks like what you select for the default open makes a difference. .gif files revealed this because I selected Paint... no "Edit with Gimp" option. But if I set it to IE, the "Edit with Gimp" menu appears.
Conclusion: you probably have to select whatever the Windows default is for the file type. This is not hard to identify because when you click "Change program" in the file associations tool, it will go to the windows default in the Recommended Programs list.

I had the same issue after installing and uninstalling picasa (i didn't like it :/)
I soon found that the "edit with gimp" option when right clicking an image didn't come up, only the regular "edit" that opens in paint (or something like that).
I reinstalled gimp, and nothing changed, but I tried your first option to change the "open with" for jpg and png files to be with windows photo viewer, even though they already were. (click to change and select the same thing, then OK).
And when I did that for both PNG and JPG type files, the "edit with gimp" option returned

YAY!!!


THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

 

[diverti]

Hi! I found it on this page, it worked for me, even if the main post's fix not. I hope it'll help someone.

 

[Geosammy]

Hi! I found it on the GIMP's offical page, it worked for me, even if the main post's fix not. I hope it'll help someone.

I would like to know. Where on the Gimp website did you find this information?