re: How to get MS Paint functional again Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 12:27 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Fred (1 messages posted) Thank you verry much. I have changed the regedit and it does work again On Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 11:03 am, Paps wrote: >I don't know if this problem is still affecting you, but here is the fix: > >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q185501 > >To resolve this problem: > >1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then press ENTER. > >2. Locate and click the following registry key: > >HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Applets\Paint > >3. Right-click the registry key, and then click Delete. > >This registry key is rebuilt the next time that you start Paint. > > >I myself tried reinstalling XP, which didn't help at all, then I stumbled across >this support thread and it did the trick. > >Take care, > >- Paps > Written in response to: re: How to get MS Paint functional again (Sru571: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 at 11:03 am) Responses to this message: re: How to get MS Paint functional again (Pete Williamson: Friday, March 21, 2003 at 3:32 pm) re: How to get MS Paint functional again (Ben: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 11:12 am) All messages in this thread [show all] How to change mspaint as the editing program in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer? (Don Stein: Sun, Mar 3, 2002, 2:10 pm) re: How to change mspaint as the editing program in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer? (xpadvisor: Sun, Mar 3, 2002, 4:54 pm) re: How to change mspaint as the editing program in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer? 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