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MS Paint is here to stay

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Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by khedoros1 »

pjmlp wrote: post #43
randomString1 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

I was able to uninstall everything I wanted to.

I'd like to completely remove Cortana, or at the very least completely cut it off from any kind of internet access. I got it mostly hidden and voice access disabled, at least.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by khedoros1 »

vosper wrote: post #6
Waterluvian wrote: post #3

One 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?

Oh, come on. Everyone annotates a screenshot for e-mail every once in a while.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by chrisper »

nindalf wrote: post #16
gchokov wrote: post #9

Microsoft 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.

If you look at his submissions, then you can see he appears to be an Anti-MS Troll / Fanboy. So maybe this comment is just a troll attempt.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by SwellJoe »

I just want to take a moment to rant about what an awful user experience Paint 3D was for me. I was using Windows for a short while because graphics under Linux weren't working well (GPU was new at the time, it took a couple of months for it to become reliable enough to use as a daily driver under Linux), and installed the Creator's update, which setup Paint 3D as the default program for every image file it could recognize. Paint 3D is a joke for all the image stuff I want to do; cropping, resizing, highlighting, mostly, and the user interface was pretty confusing all around.

And, I couldn't figure out how to uninstall it! It wasn't uninstallable in the normal ways, and I don't think I ever figured out how to do so.

I won't miss Paint, and I never used it, but I definitely don't consider Paint 3D an upgrade or improvement. And, I really hate Microsoft's standard practice of replacing file associations even if I've already setup my own before one of their apps gets installed (I had a couple of other tools setup for images, and they got replaced in the defaults for like 30 file types). They do it with pretty much every app they distribute. It's presumptuous.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by randomString1 »

pjmlp wrote: post #43
randomString1 wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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…

I was able to uninstall everything I wanted to.

A few examples that you can't normally uninstall are Cortana (" Windows Search "), Camera, Alarms/Clock, Email/Calendar, Movies/TV, Pictures, Photos, 3D, Voice recorder, Groove Music, Maps, Messages, One Note, Paint 3D, People, Sticky Notes, Xbox, Xbox Game Speech.

You can certainly remove some of them manually or using 3rd party solutions but something eventually goes wrong specially after an update. I mean I can remove most of the executables from the Windows folder, my point is that it's going to break something eventually. Removing Cortana and SearchUI used to work before AU, now it just freezes my start menu completely.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by voltagex_ »

robmiller wrote: post #21
peterburkimsher wrote: post #7

Earlier 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.

Press PrtScn for desktop, Alt+PrtScn for active window

Windows+PrintScrn now dumps a PNG to your Pictures folder.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by hougaard »

peterburkimsher wrote: post #7
foxfired wrote: post #2

> 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.

Shift-WindowsKey+S is the new screen snipping tool. Built right into the OS.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by orik »

opdahl wrote: post #11

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…

I've been provisioning some light VM's for legacy applications, and I'm using Windows For Legacy PC's.

I was very upset when I realized there wasn't paint available (at leas the way I configured it).

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by [deleted] »

SwellJoe wrote: post #64

I just want to take a moment to rant about what an awful user experience Paint 3D was for me. I was using Windows for a short while because graphics under Linux weren't working well (GPU was new at the time, it took a couple of months for it to become reliable enough to use as a daily driver under Linux), and installed the Creator's update, which setup Paint 3D as the default program for every image file it could rec…

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