What is, and has been great about MS Paint is that no matter what Windows machine I have been on, I know that I have had it available. No matter if it's my old grandma's computer, if I have needed to quickly do something simple with an image, MS Paint has always been there for me. Now that will no longer be the case. If I have to download and install it on the computer before I use it, then what is the point? It will be faster to just google "MS paint online free" and click the first link.
MS Paint is here to stay
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Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#12One more thing pushing me to interface with an online store. One less reason for picking Windows for my "toolbench" computer. The paranoid in me is expecting there to be a catch to this new paint application. Ads? DLC?
If you don't trust Microsoft and it's Store, then you shouldn't use Windows in the first place.
It's a perfectly good OS with a bunch of junk installed, whether by Microsoft, a OEM, or both. Working around the crap has been the norm for as long as I can remember.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#13> The original art app isn’t going anywhere – except to the Windows Store for free! Does it mean that from now on we would have to download it?
I think so. That also means that for shared or strictly managed computers, it won't be installed or installable. No more screenshots on the hospital PC, then.
Snipping tool doesn't exist on hospital PCs?
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#14> The original art app isn’t going anywhere – except to the Windows Store for free! Does it mean that from now on we would have to download it?
Yes, it'll be a wrapped UWP app.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#15One more thing pushing me to interface with an online store. One less reason for picking Windows for my "toolbench" computer. The paranoid in me is expecting there to be a catch to this new paint application. Ads? DLC?
It'll probably be worse in every way, like calc.exe in Windows 10.
Not just me then. I hated Windows 10 Calc so much, that I copied over calc.exe from Windows 7 and made the following registry change:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\CALC.EXE
(Default) C:\\calc.exe
Path C:\
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#16Microsoft doesn't have any taste. No, it's should not be on the store. Tasteless company..
Your comment is vague and unconstructive. I'd ask you to substantiate your claim, but its not even clear what that claim is.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#17One more thing pushing me to interface with an online store. One less reason for picking Windows for my "toolbench" computer. The paranoid in me is expecting there to be a catch to this new paint application. Ads? DLC?
On the other hand, rather than continuing to bundle software almost noone uses, they move it to an accessible place for people who want it. What more do you want from them?
> On the other hand, rather than continuing to bundle software almost noone uses, they move it to an accessible place for people who want it.
You mean like the 20 UWP apps that I can't uninstall because they made everything intertwined on purpose? Don't bother trying to link some random PowerShell/GPO/registry hacks because I know about all of them. It always breaks something (varying from release to release)
> What more do you want from them?
No ads and invasive telemetry
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#18What is, and has been great about MS Paint is that no matter what Windows machine I have been on, I know that I have had it available. No matter if it's my old grandma's computer, if I have needed to quickly do something simple with an image, MS Paint has always been there for me. Now that will no longer be the case. If I have to download and install it on the computer before I use it, then what is the point? It will…
Sure, if you want an adware addled version from one of the nefarious software downloads sites.
Windows store is pretty simple, I'll just go there.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think so. That also means that for shared or strictly managed computers, it won't be installed or installable. No more screenshots on the hospital PC, then.
Snipping tool doesn't exist on hospital PCs?
Centralised Group Policy Objects (GPOs) on the Windows Domain, can block any EXE that's on the machine, or a customised deployment image of Windows 10 can even be configured to not installed any of the built in applications. So yes, no snipping tool on a deployed installation of Windows 10 is a real scenario.
Also, GPOs can (and do) disable the Windows Store. So moving MSPaint to the Windows Store does not make as available as having it pre-installed.
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#20That's a clickbait title if I ever saw one. It seems Microsoft is trying to force uwp apps down our throats. It is sad because classic programs systematically feels snappier and are more efficient. They show their age, but are definitely less annoying than their sexier windows 10 version.
I don't know how many time I tried =really tried= to use the photo app or the new remote desktop app, but I always come back very frustrated to the classic version.