Roman said:
When I open an image in WP&F viewer, and then click on the edit icon,
the WP&F viewer program closes down but the image editing program
(i.e paint) does not open to edit the picture. I did notice that when
I clicked on the edit icon in WP&F viewer, the hourglass cursor
showed that work was being done i.e. system was searching for
something but failed to find it.
Even the registry entry
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\she ll\edit\command
shows
"%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe" "%1"
Any idea what is going on? Even an XP Repair Install did not fix
this . Thanks
Roman
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Maybe it would help to reinstall MS Paint
the following article explains how:
How do I install / uninstall mspaint?
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000758.htm
Here's some info on changing the default editing program:
Change the default image editor
application, invoked from Windows
Picture and Fax Viewer
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/imgeditor.htm
Another version:
How to open your choice of image editors when
clicking the Edit button on the Windows Picture
and Fax Viewer screen.
***Proceed with caution at your own risk***
IMPORTANT: This message contains information
about modifying the registry. Before you modify the
registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that
you understand how to restore the registry if a problem
occurs. For information about how to back up, restore,
and edit the registry, click the following link to view the
article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Information About Editing the Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;256986#Topic2
Information About Editing the Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256986#Topic2
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OK...go to...Start / Run and type in..."regedit" without
the quotes. Then click...OK...or press...Enter.
In the Registry Editor...drill down to:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\image\shell\edit\command
In the Data column you should see:
"%systemroot%\system32\mspaint.exe" "%1"
(where you see *mspaint* in the example....you will
see your current default)
Replace the key with the path to the program that will
be your default image editor. I wanted Picture It! 7 so
the following is what I changed to.
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Picture It! 7\pip.exe" "%1"
Now, my images still open in the Picture and Fax viewer
but if I left click the Edit button...Picture It! 7 opens.
To replace the string...
Left click "default" to select it.
Go to...Edit / Modify...
In the "Edit String" field...
Copy/Paste the path to your program choice:
"C:\Program Files\??????????\???.exe" "%1"
Left click...OK.
Now, your images still open in the Picture and Fax
Viewer but if you left click the Edit button...your image
editing program opens..
Good luck.
More info:
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Before editing your registry...I suggest
that you carefully read the following article:
Information About Editing the Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;256986#Topic2
Information About Editing the Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=256986#Topic2
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"MS Paint has encountered an error and needs to close"
Answer from David Shiflet:
This is a bug that will be fixed in SP2.
What has happened is that some registry
keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\
Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint
have somehow gotten out of sync.
If you open regedit to that key, you'll see various
keys named "General-Bar0", "General-Bar1",
etc. In the "General-Summary" key, you'll see
a value called "Bars". You can fix/work around
this bug by setting the Bars value to the number
of "General-Bar#" keys you have. For example,
my machine has 5 keys, numbered General-Bar0
through General-Bar4, so my Bars value in
General-Summary is 5.
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*****Digital Image******
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........I am a volunteer.......
Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.
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