NIK collection - how to install?

[Cassel]

I rarely use plugins so i might be completely off here, but i am trying to install the NIK collection but i am having problems, so maybe someone can help me out.

1- i downloaded the .exe file
2- double click on the .exe file and start the installation process
3- it states that the filters will be placed in the Google folder
4- then it asks about the host. I do have Photoshop installed, so it suggests to install it there, but i want it installed on my PSPX9 (i can't choose NO host, to leave it in the Google folder) so i navigated to the PSPX9 plugin folder, thinking i can probably just move the files later if needed
5- once the installation is complete, i open X9, and find no NIK filter. I tried the 32 bit and the 64 bit, and it is not there. I do see the Google folder that was created in the Plugin/EN folder, but nothing shows up. I checked the File Location and the Plugin/EN is there, with the Sub-folder checked. To make sure, i even added the Google sub-folder itself.

Am i missing one step?

[Kathy_9]

When I installed Nik, I let it install to PS since I have an old version and then I went into PSPX9 File ->Preferences -> File Locations -> Plugins and pointed it to C:\Program Files\Google\Nik Collection.

[Cassel]

I found the folder also in my Photoshop installation (i had tried before also), but even pointing PSP to that folder, i don't see them appear in my plugins.

I must be missing something.

[hartpaul]

I just installed the Google Nik Collection. I don't have Photoshop on my desktop so it installed in
C:\Program Files\Google\

I then went into PSP X9 and in File Locations directed the plugins to C:\Program Files\Google\Nik Collection

I ran the 32 bit version of X9 and the plugins showed Nik Collection and that included all the effects
Analog Efex Pro 2
Color Efex Pro 4
etc
And it works in both the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of X9 however you have to edit the File locations for each version.

[Cassel]

Well, i am really not that lucky.

Here is the file location

And here is what i have in my X9 afterward (even after restarting the program).

[Kathy_9]

I found the folder also in my Photoshop installation (i had tried before also), but even pointing PSP to that folder, i don't see them appear in my plugins.

I must be missing something.

Do you also have it in the location I mentioned above ? C:\Program Files\Google\Nik Collection If so, what happens when pointing PSP to that location?

[Cassel]

Ah, it works when i point it to that Google folder, but only the one in Program files but not to the folders in Photoshop or Paintshop .

Strange, but it now works.
Thanks!

[Kathy_9]

Awesome!!

[brucet]

Yup same here. Simply point PSP to the Google/NIK Collection.

[LindaSue]

Has anyone been able to get the collection to work on Windows XP? I installed it and had no trouble getting it to show up in the Plugins list in PSP8. However, when I try to run them, I get an error message telling me that some files are missing. I have loads of plugins installed so I've got all the usual necessary files on my computer. Are there new ones for more recent versions of Windows perhaps? I have other NIK plugins installed and they work fine just not the new free collection.