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fred

i cant use paints anymore it keeps coming up with
(Paints has encountered a problem and needs to close)
Can anyone help me ans my daughter love playing with
paints
lpease help Tessy
 
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Ramesh [MVP]

Hi Tessy,

See this, from Rick Rogers

<quote>
Close any/all instances of MSPaint. Then start/run regedit, navigate to this
key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Applets\Paint

Hightlight (click on it) that key and delete it. Close the registry editor
and reopen Paint.

</quote>


Other options:

Uninstall and reinstall MS Paint in XP: http://www.winxptutor.com/paint.htm

-or-

Insert your XP CD, and run this command from Start, Run dialog:

rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\Windows\Inf\accessor.inf, PAINT

( Change the Path to Windows if installed in a different drive than C: )

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


i cant use paints anymore it keeps coming up with
(Paints has encountered a problem and needs to close)
Can anyone help me ans my daughter love playing with
paints
lpease help Tessy
 

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