davidd31415

Tried. No success. MS Paint is not on the list. I have only calc, character map, desktop wallpaper, and document templates. 1. I press the keys start, r, m, s, p, a, i, n, t, enter without thinking from years of habit. 2. MSPaint loads very quick and I can quickly accomplish certain tasks with it. 3. MSPaint is on virtually every Windows computer I use (with the current exception being my home computer). Similar to the reasons I use calc and notepad quite often. When I'm on the phone in front of a computer, it doesn't matter if it's a 386 which has just been reformatted, typing "notepad" at the run prompt will give me a text editor in mere seconds. For more serious jobs I use Word and Aptana Studio. Same goes for calc vs. Excel, Matlab, etc. Honestly, I don't want MSPaint to do anything more. I usually just use it to crop a screenshot- maybe write a word and draw a line on it. I can be done uploading the image before CS3 would be done opening. I could find another 3rd party app which loads quickly but I haven't found a reason to. Besides, I'd still end up using computers which don't have Paint installed and when I'm accustomed to using Paint I don't have to think "crap, now how am I going to do this?" </justification> Actually, I might need to install a 3rd party app. I'm not sure that it's worth creating a new nLite CD and reinstalling Windows just to get paint back. If I name the executable "mspaint.exe" I can at least load it the same way .

No luck. The drive labels did change. I searched the hard drive for "mspaint" and was unable to find it. Tried using Windows CD to install additional components and also check control panel -> add/remove programs -> windows components too with no luck.

I believe I accidentally removed mspaint when I created my minimized XP installation. I usually run it by typing "mspaint" at the RUN prompt but this is not working. I do not see it on the start menu either. I tried using an XP CD which was not minimized with nLite to install additional Windows components but mspaint does not seem to appear when I click on Accessories > Details. Do I need to create a new nLite installation and reformat to install mspaint? Thanks, David