Inkscape: how to open EPS files on Windows

[@RogerHsu0]

Just wanted to chime in to say that I just followed this tutorial today (4 years later!) on Windows 11 and it worked perfectly. Thanks for posting this! It would be really nice if the Inkscape developers would incorporate this functionality directly into the app so that these additional steps are not required.

[@GamzeSings]

This video is from 2018. I tried it on 1 May 2021 and it still works. Thank you so much, Marc.

[@princetripathi7949]

Thanks this video worked for me to open eps in my Inkscape but other videos didn’t worked I was using windows 11.

[@felpsnudio]

tnx! works perfectly!

[@actionwarrior2042]

The tutorial still works, just a thing with editing system variables in general; the changes may only take effect after a restart

[@Pferdekopfnebel]

Thanks! Worked without a hitch.

[@Zyrodil]

Yes, this works, thank you very much!

[@yandia8336]

Thank you so much for posting this. Very easy to understand and execute. Worked perfectly to allow importing of .eps files in inkscape.

[@ZkyStudioCh]

Thank you so much bro, it work

[@Patty-qy8qh]

Still works like a charm, thanks a lot!

[@Marlyak]

thank you straight to the point and it worked!

[@hectorossandongaete3631]

thank you still works!

[@th3blogger]

Windows 10 64bit its working.. thanks so much

[@ayeshatahir9143]

Very helpful. Thanks Marc

[@AusyJo]

Win 8.1: I was a confused after following the instructions on inkscape, so maybe this will help others who were making the same mistake I was. Under user variables, click path then edit. After the text that's already there, type ;C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.26\bin;C:\Program Files\gs\gs9.26\lib (or whatever your ghostscript location is). The semicolons let you add multiple variables. Press ok and try opening your file.

[@Bag1374]

Same in Win7, but i have to create variable named "Path"

[@SuperGuedesjunior]

Thanks to you. Now Its working. I copy your text and only change the version that im using gs9.50.

[@danlopes6397]

Nice. Tks for the great and fast explanation.

[@wenb2110]

Thank you. I was able to open the eps file following the way you did but I am not able to edit the file. The text became images. Did I do anything wrong?

[@thepharmacologypitstop8238]

Worked well. Thank you

[@glennlangford5897]

thanks Marc, really helpful

[@carolecross6050]

This is really hard to follow. Is there written descriptions anywhere?

[@muratkaya8046]

Thanks for your video.

[@katerose6161]

Thanks it works!!! Pheww.... Win10 x64

[@muji_kngr]

Thanks it worked

[@DustinCSladeSuperstar]

Windows 10 64bit installation and I get "Failed to open requested file."

[@steveroy1]

Worked perfectly - thank you!

[@kaanozgiray483]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@GustavoRangel]

thanks so much for this!

[@thomaslum2]

Worked great! Thanks!

[@slimk5328]

ive done all this but for some reason my pictures wont ungroup

[@Tassik92]

Fast and easy, thank you.

[@chrisarte100]

Very very thank you!!!

[@gaborvaradi7946]

Thanks! Also watch out for the file path of the .eps you would like to open - it should not include any special characters.

[@KnutNukem]

First it didn't work on OneDrive for me and I got the „/undefinedfilename...“-error. When I opened it from the desktop, it worked just fine.

[@cobblerslife9172]

Thank you sooooo much :-) You helped me very much :-)

[@teolita]

Thanks, perfectly working now...

[@aslmelek]

God bless you🤩

[@Bag1374]

Well done ! Workin' also for CorelDraw (X15) Thanks Bro!

[@TrueEnroi]

Thank you.

[@marciodanielandrade7628]

Thanks a lot, my friend!

[@albertodominguez8422]

Windows 10 64bit, Inkscape 0.92... Not working, just hangs forever while opening 🤔

[@acchhcca]

Thanks. Working well

[@Safa2Jaidi]

very nice

[@chriswis2457]

Thank you It worked

[@superbiggy]

win 10 x64 enterprise, NOT working,...

[@Sparkmessage]

Thanks

[@raki728]

Thank you

[@DrHanes]

Thank You! :)

[@Birza4youRu]

Спасибо, Добрый человек!!!

[@TealScarab]

Thank you so much!!

[@DingZhang-y7m]

no, still doesnt work.

[@mohammadeslami2566]

Works. thanks

[@pepiblg]

Thank you!

[@sbvaughn1980]

Marc...is there anyway you could get in contact with me via email to help on this issue?

[@martierossouw7530]

Thank you!!

[@sergeytaraban]

Not working

[@bajkerRadys]

same here:
I follow the instructions and I got this:
ps2pdf executed but logged the following error:
Error: /undefinedfilename in (C:\\Users\\Radek Durna\\Disk Google\\Pracovn\\LOGA\\logo_TACR_zakl_cb.eps)
Operand stack:
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push
Dictionary stack:
--dict:962/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:78/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: No such file or directory
GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

[@marceloribeirosimoes8959]

Perfect!

[@RicardoPower]

Damn gj!

[@wallaguest1]

thnks

[@bajkerRadys]

not working (win 10, 64bit, restarted after ghost installation... I did move the path upwards as instructed)
I followed the instructions and when I try to import .ps file to Inkscape it returns me this:
ps2pdf executed but logged the following error:
Error: /undefinedfilename in (C:\\Users\\Radek Durna\\Disk Google\\Pracovn\\LOGA\\logo_TACR_zakl_cb.eps)
Operand stack:
Execution stack:
%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push
Dictionary stack:
--dict:962/1684(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:78/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: No such file or directory
GPL Ghostscript 9.26: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

[@gaborvaradi7946]

I suggest to check if the file path contains special characters - Pracovn is suspicious to me in this case. In my case my name Gábor was included in the path with special characer 'á' in it. The same error log showed it as Gbor, so I placed the file to a folder without any such characters and it worked fine.
Also make sure that the environmental variables path is updated to the correct gs version in the path.
Let's see.

[@bajkerRadys]

@@gaborvaradi7946 I am going to try it... thx for the tip... yes, the folder "Pracovní" contains the character "í"

[@diegosantosduarte9141]

@@gaborvaradi7946 Thanks! It also worked for me!

[@frafilipoart4082]

Thanks alot. It works

[@Safa2Jaidi]

thank you

[@SunshineAwakenings]

Thank you !

[@XpctechnologyCa]

Thank you!