This is a screen shot of what I see. ----- Original Message ----- From: Katherina Searing To: gimpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2011 12:34 PM Subject: Re: Re: GIMP Layers panel not opening Hi Eric- Thanks for the help. I'm using Windows 7. I tried downloading the newest version from the website: http://www.gimp.org/ vesion 2.6 I downloaded it and then uninstalled it per your recommendation and then reinstalled it and the layers still wont open. Please help- Cheers, Katherina Bendz Searing Doctoral Candidate Environmental and Forest Biology Graduate Assistant Outreach Office 315-470-6888 State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry 243 Illick Hall Syracuse, NY 13210 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Eric <eric.brackenbury@xxxxxxxxx> To: gimpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, November 1, 2011 9:35 AM Subject: Re: GIMP Layers panel not opening --- In gimpi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "NOTHAPPY" <kabendz@...> wrote: > > Hello. I am trying to use Gimp and when I open it, the toolbox panel is open but the layers panel is not. I have tried to open it by going to the Windows> Dockable Dialogs> Layers or hit CTRL + L and nothing shows up. The first one down the list that will appear is Colormap. Please help. Thank you for your time > OK so what's your OS ? What version of Gimp are you using? How did you do the initial install ? To get help on a forum its a good idea to post this info along with the question. It will give the reader a better insight into a possible solution :-) At the moment due to the lack of that information my only suggestion is to delete anything to do with Gimp and then re install. Sorry I can't offer more. Regards Eric