Windows 10: MS Paint

Hello,


I was happily scanning lots of images to my pc this morning. 300dpi JPEG's for an art project. This is the first time I've scanned to JPEG as I've only used my scanner for Pdf's in the past.


The scanning became slow and it was only then I noticed that every scan had opened a new copy of MS Paint.


There are loads of large file in lots of MS Paint Windows now and I can't do anything.


Force quit doesn't respond. I've managed to close down a couple of times now but they all open again on Start up and lock the machine up again.


I need to be able to do some work as I am still working from home because of lock down.


Please someone help?


Thank you in advance.


Stay safe.


Colin

:)

 

MS Paint

Hi Tawm,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

We would be glad to help you with the issue you are facing today. I understand the difficulty with the problem.

Method: 1

I suggest you to follow the below steps.

• Press windows key on the keyboard.
• Type “Paint” & select the paint icon & hit enter.

Method: 2

• Press windows + R.
• Type “MSpaint” hit enter.

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

Thank you.

 

ms Paint

Hi,

There are several ways to remove MS Paint. Let's try deleting the app from its file location. Follow the steps below:

• Type mspaint.exe in the search bar.
• Right-click on mspaint.exe, and select Open file location.
  
• Press Delete on your keyboard.
  
• Follow the next instructions to remove the program.
  

Let us know if you need anything else. We're here to help.

 

MS Paint Recent Files

Here s a partial solution. Works for Windows 10 as well.

Paint - Delete Recent Pictures from List in Windows - Windows 7 Help Forums

This will clear it but of not disable list ie you would have to do again later etc.