Ireny said:
I recently performed a complete system recovery on my laptop and now
I can't find Microsoft Paint to edit my pictures... It is not in the
Accessories in the All Program/start menu and when I did a search,
there was a Paint application icon but when I clicked on it, nothing
happened and it had to shut down. Can anyone tell me what I did
wrong?? Thank you in advance.
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MS Paint is not much of an editor...have you tried
the freeware FastStone Image Viewer?
FastStone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm
After the system recovery did you reinstall all the
updates that were released since the recovery
file was created?
Maybe the following article will be useful:
How do I install / uninstall mspaint?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000758.htm
Also here's a copy of a message previously posted:
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"MS Paint error in mfc42u.dll / paint will not open"
The following info was previously posted by:
David Shiflet [MSFT]...maybe it will be useful
to you.
Before editing your registry, I strongly suggest
that you read the following KB article:
Information About Editing the Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256986#Topic2
Here's a copy of David Shiflet's message:
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This bug will be fixed in Service Pack 2 of
XP. You can work around it by editing some
registry keys which somehow got messed up.
There is a "Bars" value at this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\General-
Summary
Change this value to match the number of
"General-Bar#" keys which are under this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint
For example, if you have the keys "General-
Bar0" and "General-Bar1", make sure the
Bars value is set to 2.
Use regedit.exe to change the registry; there
are various sites online which describe how
to use regedit.
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Here's another article:
(218632) Invalid Page Fault Starting Word
Pad or Paint
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=218632
And finally...there is a more advanced version
of paint that you can download free from the
following site:
Paint.NET
http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html
(Requires: .NET Framework 2.0)
--
John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP
Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer
Solutions that work for
me may not work for you
Proceed at your own risk
