MS Paint

[Don]

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All of a sudden, Paint no longer will operate properly.
It opens, but when I attempt to open a BMP file the
entire system just stops functioning. It had worked fine
for months, I am just a novice senior citizen on a home
computer, and am bewildered by this sudden change. Can
anyone offer, in simple terms, any help? Thank you in
advance. Don

 

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Another idea would be an updated graphics driver. Go to the manufacturer's web site
and look around for a newer driver.

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"Don" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:139d001c4442b$5fa72ad0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> All of a sudden, Paint no longer will operate properly.
> It opens, but when I attempt to open a BMP file the
> entire system just stops functioning. It had worked fine
> for months, I am just a novice senior citizen on a home
> computer, and am bewildered by this sudden change. Can
> anyone offer, in simple terms, any help? Thank you in
> advance. Don

 

[Unknown]

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Paint is an accessory. Go to control panel add/remove and on the left side
click add/remove Windows components. My suggestion is to remove paint then add
it back.
"Don" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:139d001c4442b$5fa72ad0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> All of a sudden, Paint no longer will operate properly.
> It opens, but when I attempt to open a BMP file the
> entire system just stops functioning. It had worked fine
> for months, I am just a novice senior citizen on a home
> computer, and am bewildered by this sudden change. Can
> anyone offer, in simple terms, any help? Thank you in
> advance. Don

 

[Guest]

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You can try

Type regedit in Start Run, Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint

and delete Paint and it's sub keys. Start paint.
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"Don" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:139d001c4442b$5fa72ad0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> All of a sudden, Paint no longer will operate properly.
> It opens, but when I attempt to open a BMP file the
> entire system just stops functioning. It had worked fine
> for months, I am just a novice senior citizen on a home
> computer, and am bewildered by this sudden change. Can
> anyone offer, in simple terms, any help? Thank you in
> advance. Don