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By default, the search path includes two folders: a
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with GIMP are placed, and a <span class="emphasis"><em>personal</em></span> folder,
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inside your personal GIMP directory, where items added by you
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should be placed. The system folder should not be marked as
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writable, and you should not try to alter its contents. The
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<span class="term">Select a Folder</span>
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text entry area is red instead of green, it means that the
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folder you have specified does not exist. GIMP will not
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selected folder will be changed to the following or
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affected; it is merely removed from the search path.)
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