MSPAINT corrupt

[snakysmom]

Somewhere down the line, Microsoft Paint became corrupt
and instead of plaain English, it's questions are
jibberish. I went into properties and it's address is
c:\windows\system32. Obviously by my next question you
can tell I'm a novice: is this something I can delete and
then go in to a recovery disk and put it back the way it
was? Thank you.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try a System Restore back to a point before the problem started.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Save Dialog Box Displayed Incorrectly When You Quit a Program:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q249592

Are you experiencing the above symptom?

Delete or rename the mfc42loc.dll file here:
C:\Windows\System32

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Somewhere down the line, Microsoft Paint became corrupt
and instead of plaain English, it's questions are
jibberish. I went into properties and it's address is
c:\windows\system32. Obviously by my next question you
can tell I'm a novice: is this something I can delete and
then go in to a recovery disk and put it back the way it
was? Thank you.

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Run the edit on line 191 (right hand side)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Guest]

Kelly-I ran the edit, it said it took. I hit "print
screen" and then clicked on "Paint". When I Xed out, all
it said was ...untitled? with a bunch of squares after
it. In other words, it's still corrupt. This was the
problem I was having with it. Since I have used Paint a
lot I knew the question was something like "do you want
to save the changes to untitled?", Any other recourse?

Thank you.

 

[snakysmom]

YES!!!! THAT DID IT!!!! A THOUSAND THANK-YOUS!!!!

 

[snakysmom]

It was exactly what Ramesh said it was. I renamed the
file "paintcorruptor" and it now asks me questions in
ENGLISH. Hooray!!!!

 

[Kelly]

It seems that the Picture It article dated (2001) came into play here. But
wasn't mentioned as a part of the equation.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q249592




Kelly-I ran the edit, it said it took. I hit "print
screen" and then clicked on "Paint". When I Xed out, all
it said was ...untitled? with a bunch of squares after
it. In other words, it's still corrupt. This was the
problem I was having with it. Since I have used Paint a
lot I knew the question was something like "do you want
to save the changes to untitled?", Any other recourse?

Thank you.

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

You're welcome, and thanks for the feedback.

--
Ramesh, MS-MVP XP Shell/UI
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


YES!!!! THAT DID IT!!!! A THOUSAND THANK-YOUS!!!!