Missing file libgimp-2.0-0.dll. dds.exe file system error.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1.Extract files to: Desktop(User permissions issue)
2.Cut and paste files from Desktop to C:\Program Files\GIMP 
2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins
3.Run dds.exe 
4.Error occurs stating that libgimp-2.0-0.dll is missing.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Popup error window that says, "The program can't start because 
libgimp-2.0-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program 
to fix this problem."

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

GIMP Version: 2.8.2
Operating System: Windows 8.0
System Specs{
RAM: 6GB
Processor speed: 2.90 Ghz
compatibility: Win7 / Win8
}

Please provide any additional information below.
GIMP runs perfectly. I am not missing the file "libgimp-2.0-0.dll" so I don't 
know why it says that. I have put the dds.exe file in the gimp2.0/Bin directory 
where the .dll is located and it opened for a micro second then terminates the 
program. I tried to save an image ass a .dds file and it is still not an  
option. I really hope this is an easy fix.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by [email protected] on 27 Jan 2013 at 7:49

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I had the same issue, and read that using a gimp version put out by partha.com 
helped.  Sure enough, I uninstalled the current 64 bit version of gimp I had 
downloaded from gimp.org.  I re-installed a version from partha.com (version 
2.8.4), reinstalled the dds plugin and have no issues now.

Original comment by [email protected] on 10 Feb 2013 at 11:41

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Thank you. That Helped!

Original comment by [email protected] on 11 Feb 2013 at 1:31

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You shouldn't have to download some non-standard version of Gimp in order to 
install the plug-in!  Why doesn't this work with the current version of Gimp?  
Why have the developers not changed their .dll to whatever the newest version 
of Gimp uses?

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Mar 2013 at 1:54

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Okay.  I resolved the problem, I think.

I found where libgimp-2.0-0.dll is located.  I extracted the zip file to the 
same directory as the dll - ie. C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin.

I executed it and I didn't see an error, but nothing to let me know that the 
execution was successful.  :|.  So, I don't know if it has installed properly 
or not.

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Mar 2013 at 2:07

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In fact, after I installed it I ran GIMP and could not load the .dds file that 
I wanted to load.  It doesn't appear to be working at all!

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Mar 2013 at 2:09

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Okay.  Sorry about this.  But, it DOES work.  I couldn't find it when I had the 
"all images" option selected, but I did find it with "all files" and when I 
opened it, it did actually work.

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Mar 2013 at 2:14

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not working for me i uninstall this piece of shit !

Original comment by [email protected] on 11 Apr 2013 at 2:22

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I tried copying the DDS plug-in into the folder the libgimp file is in, but 
that didn't work for me. Instead I copied the Libgimp file it wants into the 
plug-ins folder and then copied the dds application file as well afterwards and 
now it works for me.

Original comment by [email protected] on 3 Jul 2013 at 2:53

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Where is this libgimp file everyone says theyve found?

Original comment by [email protected] on 10 Jul 2013 at 2:25

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OK so i copied the libgimp file into the plugins folder and now when i try to 
run everything it says "The application was unable to start correctly 
(0xc000007b)"

Original comment by [email protected] on 10 Jul 2013 at 2:29

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I know this is old, but Google brings you here first for this last error: "The 
application was unable to start correctly". So, this seems like the best place 
to put the solution. The solution is found in the comments 
http://registry.gimp.org/node/70. The problem is you have the x64 version of 
Gimp. The DDS plugin only works with the x32 version of Gimp. On Partha.com you 
can find the x32 version. Place the DDS.exe file in the folder mentioned above 
and run Gimp (not the exe). Gimp should have the option to load DDS files now.

Original comment by [email protected] on 1 Nov 2013 at 2:22

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I had the same issue, can't extract DDS.exe

Original comment by [email protected] on 13 Jan 2014 at 8:37

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Do not try to extract the dds.exe, There is no need for that. 
Try downloading one of these two;

x64 - 
https://code.google.com/p/gimp-dds/downloads/detail?name=gimp-dds-win64-3.0.1.zi
p&can=2&q=

x86(32 bit) - 
https://code.google.com/p/gimp-dds/downloads/detail?name=gimp-dds-win32-3.0.1.zi
p&can=2&q=

and place "gimp-dds-winXX-3.0.1.zip" into your gimp plugins folder and extract 
the contents of the zip.
C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins\

This should fix the problem.

~edited

Original comment by [email protected] on 18 Jan 2014 at 11:31

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Thank you so much! I just downloaded the 32 bit version of the plugin and 
extracted it into my gimp plugins folder and it is working perfectly! Thank 
you!!

Original comment by [email protected] on 14 May 2014 at 11:17

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Does not work here.
Tried to place the dds.exe in the Bin folder. Then it's missing a whole lot of 
other dll's. They are found in the Frameworks folder. Ended with coping them 
all over to the Bin folder. Ran the exe file and this time...

Nothing! Nothing at all happens and still not able to export as dds :-(

Original comment by [email protected] on 25 Jan 2015 at 4:55

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I did it by simply extracting it to the folder not copying and pasting

Original comment by [email protected] on 28 Feb 2015 at 10:36