samj: That last response about unzipping to a directory without spaces and using the 64 bit version FINALLY worked!!!. WHEW. Thank you. I finally put the GMIC folder in my root C;\ directory which I always hate to do with any software but that made it work. BTW I know this is not your responsibility but is there anyway of telling if you have the 64bit or 32 bit version of GIMP other then noticing it when you install gimp For me that and maybe the directory with spaces was the problem.****
Also when I tried to update the GMIC filters form the interface I got this error dialog
So I think either the address in GMIC is wrong or the site is down.