Questions tagged [microsoft-paint]
Simple drawing and photo-editing program included with Microsoft Windows since Windows 1.0.
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Paint cannot save this file. Save was interrupted, so your file has not been saved
When saving any PNG image in paint to any directory (other image formats save fine), I receive the error:
A 0 byte PNG file is created, and deleted immediately after closing the error dialog.
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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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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 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.
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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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JPEG size made smaller by MSPAINT, why?
I have lots of JPEGs from DSLR, and they are roughly about 5-6MB per JPEG. I open any of them using MSPAINT, and click the SAVE and notice the size immediately go down to 2-3MB.
Why? there seems no ...
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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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Where are mspaint icons stored?
Where are these mspaint icons stored? I'm trying to find them in Windows XP.
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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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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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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 make Windows Paint save by default as JPEG format?
Every time I want to save an image I've pasted into the Paint application,
it chooses a BMP/DIB format (which is the worst for saving things from the clipboard).
How can I hack Paint into defaulting ...
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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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Is it possible to make a selection in Microsoft Paint beyond the current screen resolution?
Is it possible to make a selection in Microsoft Paint larger than the current screen resolution?
Working with full screen screenshots (including across multiple screens) is not easy in Microsoft ...
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mspaint problem "this is not a valid bitmap file"
I have Vista Business on my laptop. I download JPG pictures from my Nikkon camera. I open them with mspaint and resize them. Then save them back as jpg (using the jpg option). When I try to open 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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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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Why does Paint sometimes change the color of a part of the image?
Sometimes, Paint changes the RGB value of the color of a group of pixels in a PNG image when it gets saved. It only changes a little bit, for example from RGB(128,128,128) to RGB(127,127,127), so you ...
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How to uninstall Paint on Windows 10?
In previous versions of Windows I believe Paint could be disabled in Programs and Features->Turn Windows features on or off, however in Windows 10 I don't see Paint in there.
How do I get this ...
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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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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.
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Sample PDF
Any suggestions?
P.S. This is actually how I tried to edit a PDF ...
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Best way to clean up a PDF without increasing file size massively
I scan a lot of A4 notes that I write up, but a lot of my old ones have staple holes in them. Some of these scans also have slight imperfections such as a small dot (dirt) on them, which really bugs ...
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How can I create transparent images in MS Paint?
I want to know how to draw transparent images in Microsoft Paint for Windows 7.
I searched on Google but couldn't find anything for Microsoft Paint in Windows 7.
E.g. I want to draw a star for my ...
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MS Paint running in task manager but not displaying on screen nor visible in task bar Win 7 32bit
MS Paint (mspaint.exe) no longer displays on screen when I click on the shortcut in the start up menu or open the program by any other method. If I look in the task manage I will see and instance of ...
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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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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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Microsoft Paint color replacement not working
When I use Microsoft Paint, the color replacement tool using the eraser only works some of the time. Most of the time it does nothing.
How can I fix this?
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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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Can Windows 7 Paint (aka Microsoft Paint) handle transparency?
I need to edit a small image that uses transparency bits. I edited it in Paint that is included in Windows 7, and lost all the transparency.
Can the Paint app that is included with Windows 7 (aka ...
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Custom zoom percentage in Windows 7 Paint
I’m looking for a way to set a custom zoom in MS Paint. The default zoom levels in Paint are 50%, 100%, 200%, etc. and sometimes the jump between percentages is too great for what I’m doing. I’m aware ...
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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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Simple, free Mac OS X paint program with transparency [closed]
What FREE software (included with Mac OS X, or public domain) would be a good, simple way to take some existing PNG clipart files and do some simple editing?
I really only need to do 3 things:
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Paste with transparent background in Paint
Paint v5.1 (Windows XP) had a fantastic feature to allow you to paste an image with a transparent background (see images below, note that "Paste" section that appears below the tools on the left).
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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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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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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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Paint doesn't draw at cursor position
I faced a problem while drawing something in MS-paint, the dot in the picture is where the cursor is and it draws somewhere else! How should I fix it?
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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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Windows 7 paint annoyances
When i draw lines with windows 7 paint it gives me little squares at the edges that i can move the lines with. This is annoying because when drawing lots of lines that are connected to each other i ...
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Is there a fix to prevent text input in paint from being very aliased/blurry?
Basically, I press the "A" shaped button in paint to type text, it looks clear.
I press outside the box, and the text becomes more blurry/pixelated.
Is there a way to resolve this while not having ...
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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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Is it possible to save settings for Microsoft Paint?
After closing paint the last used settings went back to default. I want them to be saved. Like the selected Brush-Tool, Color, Line-strength, etc.
Either after every usage or I define one I use most. ...
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How do I fix a broken mspaint?
My mspaint that comes with windows 7 (64-bit) worked at some point, but a while back it suddenly starting posting an error when I try to use it.
The version of this file is not compatible with the ...
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Is there a more efficient way to add uniform spacing to center an image?
I use Microsoft Paint to generate a lot of explanatory images. For the benefit of visibility, I often wish to display my resulting image in the center. This often means I have to include spacing along ...
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Replace "Paint" as default program for 'Edit' Explorer command
Default action in Windows 7 for 'Edit' is to open image in Paint. I don't use Paint. I hate Paint. I don't want to see it ever again.
Can I reassign it to, say, Paint.NET? Or if I can't, how can I ...