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Simple drawing and photo-editing program included with Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0.

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MS Paint on Windows 11/10 compared to Windows 7 [closed]

Windows 11 or 10 have problem of tools: Line act as Text Text act as Save as Pencil act as custom color In Windows 7, MS Paint behavior is clean, stable, reliable, works without any issues.
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How to exit from Paint Text regime and preserve the letter? Letter disappears upon exiting if I wrote the letter starting from the left of the bmp

I have 16*16 pixel BMP, and I am trying to add big capital letter A over this picture. I am trying to do this in Microsoft Paint program. The usual and expected scenario is: I am selecting Text ...
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Is there a way to - by default - have the text box in Microsoft Paint (Windows 10) smaller than the default size it makes when you click to add text?

If I only want a text box to have say, the number "7" in it, I have to resize the text box to make it smaller than the default size every time. I know that you can make the text box larger ...
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Microsoft Paint Selection Delete, gives Checkered Background

In Microsoft Paint, if I do, "selection rectangle", and then "delete", I get a checkered background. This did not happen before. I do Not have "Transparent selection" in ...
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Where are mspaint icons stored?

Where are these mspaint icons stored? I'm trying to find them in Windows XP.
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Can I install the latest Windows 11 apps on Windows 10?

There are a lot of apps updated with Windows 11 which includes Microsoft Store, Photos, Notepad, MS-Paint, Snipping tool, Snip n Sketch, etc. They all are available at windows 11 but not at Windows 10....
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How can I really maximize MS Paint in an external monitor in Windows 10?

I use a GS76 Stealth 11UH laptop (4k monitor) running on Microsoft Windows 10 with a 1080p external monitor. When I try to maximize Microsoft Paint (mspaint.exe) in my external monitor in Windows 10, ...
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Keyboard shortcut to close MS Paint without saving

What is a keyboard shortcut in MS Paint 11 to close without saving? Yes, I know about Alt+F4, but that brings up the annoying prompt to save the file, forcing me to click a button with my mouse. I ...
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How can I prevent some added text from becoming pixelated in Microsoft Paint?

When I add some text in Microsoft Paint, it gets overly pixelated: I used the Times New Roman font. How can I prevent some added text from becoming pixelated in Microsoft Paint? Image used in the ...
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Windows 11 "Edit with Paint" context menu

I am trying to add something like right click "Edit" to open images in paint. In Windows 11 it says "Edit with Photos" so I tried to add a new entry. I can't get this to work. ...
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Why is black (0, 0, 0) the default color of transparency?

I like to make my masks and I always notice something funny. Whenever I paste a transparent image on MS Paint (not sure what version), the transparent colors are always the default black (0, 0, 0). ...
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PDF low quality when printing an image

When I edit an image in Paint and save it as a PDF file, the PDF document doesn't have a high quality. Sample image Sample PDF Any suggestions? P.S. This is actually how I tried to edit a PDF ...
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Is there a way that someone else can undo a Paint delete?

So speaking of the Windows Paint App, let's say I deleted a significant portion of a soon-to-be BMP or JPG file and then uploaded the file online. Is there any way someone can restore the deleted part ...
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Launching mspaint and wordpad fail with "Unable to create new document"

Launching mspaint or wordpad fails with this prompt. This happens when they are launched from any directory, with or without arguments. My system is Windows 10 version 2004. I've installed some ...
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How to resize page markers on the vertical and horizontal edges of Paint?

How do I resize the vertical and horizontal markers for the Paint page? I know they should be located in the middle of the vertical or horizontal edge but they are so small that I struggle to find ...
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How can I scroll efficiently horizontally Microsoft Paint? (Autohotkey maybe)

I just want to use Paint for a whiteboard style sketching on math problems etc. And I really need a way to navigate efficiently on the page. Maybe even like: hold space + move mouse, to grab the page ...
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How to open image in Paint by clicking on image in MS Word?

With my old laptop on Windows 10, I could double click on any picture in a word file and it would open it in Paint for editing. With new laptop, double clicking on an image in word is not doing ...
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How can I write a program, sequence, etc. to open pics in MS Paint, resize them and save them

I know the key sequence in MS Paint to open a file, resize it, then save it. What I want to know is how to write a program to do this repeatedly for all the files in a particular directory. I know VBA,...
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Microsoft Paint not filling in every pixel

Suppose I have an image, and this image is a blue ball on a yellow background. Thus, the image consists of two colors to the human eye: Blue and Yellow. However, near the borders of the ball are ...
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Where are ms paint icons stored?

In which file (.dll, .exe or similar) are icons (such as the pen or the eraser ) stored? To be clear, I mean the new, modern icons - not the ones from earlier versions of windows. I didn't have any ...
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Will the photos keep the same quality once resized? Like microsoft paint or even better?

Asking if the quality remains the same from Image Resizer for Windows, in terms of viewing the photos from the original full HD size (via an iPad) to a general 1300 pixel size (in general). I use ...
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Unable to rotate a simple .jpg image

Certain part of images captured by my Motorola Moto phone (problem occurs in many models, i.e. Moto One, Moto Z2 Play etc.) are rotated clockwise 90 degrees. I am unable to rotate them using IrfanView ...
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How to permanently heighten and widen Paint's text box?

Pls see two GIFs underneath. The text box is too small - 99% of the time, I type way more text. I don't want to drag arrows every time I start new text box. Paint 3D Paint
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Show opened file location in Windows Paint

How to show the location of actually opened file in Windows 10 Paint? I'm using print screen plugin that opens print screens in paint. I've found out I have no idea where the opened file is located ...
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Is it possible to save a Contact Sheet made in Flie Explorer?

I am wanting to make a Contact Sheet ("A single sheet that multiple photos are attached to a paper [in photography this started out as "a piece of photographic paper onto which several or all of the ...
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Paint select from edge

Using Microsoft Paint, with the Select tool, when I move within the image the cursor changes to allow a selection: If I want to select from the edge, I move past the edge and drag inward. However ...
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Can you set everything in an MS Paint picture except what you draw to white?

EDIT: It says "Anonymous4" as the OP, but I just joined and my real username is SealBoi. Just keep that in mind so you know who I am when I comment on something. I was using MS Paint to draw onto a ...
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Microsoft Paint on Windows 10 printout is 5" x 5" but File > Image Properties is just 1.04" x 1.04" image

I'm trying to print-out a QR code .bmp file using Windows 10 PAINT. PAINT > File > Image Properties shows width & height are 1.04 x 1.04 inches. But when it prints out, it's about 5" x 5".
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How do I prevent left and top white lines on a black picture?

I'm trying to copy some Excel (Windows) to either Paint (Windows) or Preview (macOS). The Excel stuff (a simple bunch of cells in a rectangular block) has a black background. However, the result of ...
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Resolution loss while copying image from Excel to Microsoft Paint

Could somebody explain why there is resolution loss while copying picture from MS Office Applications (Excel/Word/Outlook) to Microsoft Paint? To explain in details: I took a screenshot in Excel (...
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