Thread:Project:Support desk/Error creating thumbnail: Unable to run external programs, proc open() is disabled. Error code: 1

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When ever i am uploading a new image it tells me it could not create a thumbnail. The error message: Error creating thumbnail: Unable to run external programs, proc_open is disabled. Error code: 1. This was happening since 1.23.5, upgrading to .7 did not work.

I have tried to enable proc_open but it was denied by my web hoster since enabling it was a security risk. I have googled the problem and found a few solutions but none of them worked. I tried changing the FileOpBatch.php but it did not work.

Does anyone have an idea?