New plugins not loading in PSP X7

[kellykellykelly]

Hello,

I bought some plugins from Topaz labs today and put them in the PSP X7 plugins folder. When I open PSP X7 it says "No Plugins loaded" . The path I have for my plugins is: Windows (C:) >Program Files (x86)> Corel > Corel PaintShop Pro X> Plugins > EN. I have a few others loaded and they show up on my PSP.

Did I miss a step?

thank You for your time
Kelly

[Ken Berry]

Do you have the 64 bit or 32 bit version of PSP, and are the plug-ins 32 bit or 64 bit? If they are 32 bit, they won't show up in 64 bit PSP...

[Forriner]

The first question (I'm not familiar with those plugins) is: are they 64-bits or 32-bits. You can't run 32-bit plugins in the 64-bit version of PSP.

Those folders, (C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro X7\Languages\EN\Plugins) are for the 32-bit version of PSP.

C:\Program Files\Corel\Corel PaintShop Pro X4\Languages\EN\Plugins (without the (x86)) are for the 64-bit version.

If the plugins are 32-bits they're in the right place and you have to use the 32-bit version of PSP to use them.
64-bit versions should be installed to "c:\program files..." without the (x86), and used with the 64-bit version of PSP.

[pdxrjt]

I run the 64 bit version of PSPx7 and the Topaz plug ins just fine. Not sure if this will help, but I installed the Topaz plug ins to their default folder and then added that folder in PSPx7 file locations/plug ins. Not sure why putting them someplace else would mess them up, but it works (for me) in the default location.

[Kathy_9]

I also allow Topaz plug-ins to install to their default location and link to them via File --> Preferences --> File Locations --> Plug-ins.

On my PC they are located C:\Program Files (x86)\Topaz Labs.

Topaz supplies both a 32-bit and 64-bit version of the plug-ins. The only exception is Topaz Impression as it is strictly 64-bit and it is located here C:\Program Files\Topaz Labs\Topaz Impression. Note: Impression will run on 32-bit software as long as the O/Sis 64-bit.