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Paint..WTF Help? by Pyroteq on 07-31-2004 at 03:45 AM
Somehow Paint has been removed from my computer and i want to bloody use it! lol i have PSP and some utha stuff but i need to use windows paint...I must have removed it while playing around with my PCI card..is there a way to get it back besides reinstalling windows?
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by Chrono on 07-31-2004 at 03:46 AM
u dont have to reinstall window completely, just reinstall paint from the windows's cd
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by RebelSean on 07-31-2004 at 03:49 AM
Here ya go! 
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by toddy on 07-31-2004 at 03:50 AM
that doesn't reinstall it ?
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by lopardo on 07-31-2004 at 04:25 AM
What Windows version are you using? You could use SFC (system file checker).
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by CookieRevised on 07-31-2004 at 04:30 AM
If you have XP go to your "config panel", then "software", then "add/remove windows components" (note: I do not mean add/remove programs, although this is in the same dialog)...
There select "bureau-accesoires" and press on details...
Again "bureau-accesoires" and press on details...
And there you'll find "Paint", select it and press the ok buttons
In other Windows versions this is almost the same...
PS: names aren't literal as I don't have an english windows version...
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by PenguinBoy on 07-31-2004 at 02:28 PM
are u sure it's uninstalled? maybe u just deleted the shortcuts, try going to run then typing in
"mspaint" and click ok, just to make sure. i'm not accusing u of being stupid it's just that i thought i'd uninstalled it and it just ended up that i'd lost the shortcuts.
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by Pyroteq on 08-01-2004 at 08:23 AM
no its uninstalled because all the shortcuts are gone and i searched my computer for paint and used run and its all gone...thanx sean although it dosnt install it but its all good
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by RaceProUK on 08-01-2004 at 10:22 AM
The program is not called Paint.exe, it is actually Pbrush.exe.
Do Start | Run... | pbrush
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by kangie on 08-01-2004 at 06:12 PM
its called mspaint.exe - it doesnt need installed to run, it'll run as a standalone executable
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by RebelSean on 08-01-2004 at 07:20 PM
Scone, put the mspaint.exe in your c://windows directory and your shortcuts should work if you still have them on your start/programs/accessories....
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by CookieRevised on 08-01-2004 at 07:30 PM
Sorry, to blow from the high tower, but just do as I say.
1) It is the only proper way...
2) Each Windows version has his own version of paint...
3) Copying the exe and running it wont fix all the registry keys (yes there are many keys!)...
RE: Paint..WTF Help? by lopardo on 08-01-2004 at 07:31 PM
Or even better, restore it with SFC:
If you have Windows XP:
Go to Start > Run, type "sfc /scannow" and press enter.
If you have Windows 9x:
Go to Start > Run, type "sfc" and press enter.
Select the second checkbox ("Extract a file..") and write "mspaint.exe" in the textbox. Click Start.
In the "Restore from" textbox, write the location from where you installed Windows, or insert the Windows CD and write the path to the CD drive.
In the "Save file in" textbox, write "X:\Program files\Accesories" (where X: is the drive where Windows is installed).