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I use microsofts snip ( it's part of office, no idea why they don't make it part of windows ) https://mix.office.com/snip It's replaced most of my need for ms-paint
"Snipping Tool" has been available and built in since Windows 7. Give that a try.
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I went to open my calculator this morning and it told me it was in the middle of an update and to try again later. 5 minutes, 10 minutes, and 15 minutes later it still wasn't done. I ended up using Google to calculate some basic math! How does Microsoft screw up such a simple application?
I've opened up the calculator a couple of times and gotten a prompt to rate/review it on the Windows Store... What is the purpose of doing that with built-in apps? It's just annoying.
I never used the new MS Paint after the ribbon-redesign for Windows 7. The XP version was so intuitive, precise and clean. Actually it's possible to use the XP version in newer Windows editions, but it involves some tinkering.
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>>I'm on Windows 8 Genuinely curious, why?
Not him, but I would have stayed on 8.1 too if it weren't for processor support. The only annoying thing about it is the start menu, which i only use for maybe 10sec/month. It's faster than win7 and has a bunch of features I would miss, and compared to 10 it's not as bloated with non-win32 apps with less functionality for everything, tracking that you can turn off, and all the other win10 stuff you've heard already.
What is the processor support issue?
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They did the same thing with the calculator, turning what is probably the simplest app on the entire computer into a Metro-ified flat-design-meme store-dependent mess for absolutely no benefit.
The programming mode is invaluable to me. I do a lot of embedded stuff and it is an absolute godsend. If any knows any other good simple programs for bitwise operations and binary conversion then I'm all ears.
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Doesn't Windows include both the old calculator and the new calculator? I'm on Windows 8 and I have both.
>>I'm on Windows 8 Genuinely curious, why?
All the comments that "you can just use X to do Y" is missing the point that Paint just works, for almost every value of Y. No argument, Paint.net is great, snipping tool solves the grab and crop, but for most anything else you need to do in a hurry, you need a quick paint program. It's like removing Notepad: we all know hundreds of editors we would replace it with, from Notepad++ to vim/emacs... but isn't nice that…
Yes Yes Yes. If Microsoft is listening 'PLEASE, do not remove Paint. I use it every day for doing very simple tasks, and it JUST WORKS!'
(Yes, that's a terrible feedback/issue, but it's the closest one I've found).
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I still use Paint to crop screen shots when I need to send them to people. Quick and gets it done, on any Windows computer.
I use microsofts snip ( it's part of office, no idea why they don't make it part of windows ) https://mix.office.com/snip It's replaced most of my need for ms-paint
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Huh. I thought it was open source. EDIT: Wikipedia says it used to be open source, but it went to closed source. Still free as in beer, though.
Anyone wondering as to why Paint.NET transitioned to closed source may find this insightful: https://blog.getpaint.net/2007/12/04/freeware-authors-beware...