I don't know anything about python. I am trying to follow the most basic python tutorial where I just copy and paste text, save it as hello_world.py and save it in C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins. I've tried three different helloworlds. Nothing works, nothing happens. When I start gimp with --verbose I just get an error: "Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory)"
I am on windows 8.1 and I have gimp 2.8
Example of python that fails: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/automating-gimp-scripts/
Why does it not work?