stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to Technology@lemmy.world · 11 months agoHell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparencyarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square184fedilinkarrow-up11.73Karrow-down115file-text
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minus-squareQueen HawlSera@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·11 months agoHuh… I thought they discontinued this program.
minus-squaredangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·11 months agoWho told you that? MS Paint is basically a critical windows utility.
minus-squarejadegear@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoIf you remove mspaint.exe then Windows will refuse to boot. It’s true, I knew a guy!
minus-squareAux@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoJokes aside you can boot Windows without Windows at all. By that I mean you can boot Windows NT without Win32.
minus-squareAnders429@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoI thought so too. I remember looking for alternatives for when it would be removed completely.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoPaint.NET has been my simple go to for over a decade. I’ve never got on with Gimp or Photoshop. Paint.NET is more like Paintshop Pro used to be.
minus-squareLyrl@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThey did. I guess the community outcry was so loud even Microsoft had to heed it and reverse course.
minus-squarekamenLady.@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI read that WordPad also was being discontinued, in the same article stating the same about MS Paint iirc
Huh… I thought they discontinued this program.
Who told you that? MS Paint is basically a critical windows utility.
If you remove mspaint.exe then Windows will refuse to boot. It’s true, I knew a guy!
Jokes aside you can boot Windows without Windows at all. By that I mean you can boot Windows NT without Win32.
I thought so too. I remember looking for alternatives for when it would be removed completely.
Paint.NET has been my simple go to for over a decade. I’ve never got on with Gimp or Photoshop. Paint.NET is more like Paintshop Pro used to be.
They did. I guess the community outcry was so loud even Microsoft had to heed it and reverse course.
I read that WordPad also was being discontinued, in the same article stating the same about MS Paint iirc