Troubleshooting & Bug Reports

If you found a bug in paint.net, please tell us about it. Include your pdncrash.log file (on your Desktop) if relevant. This section is not for plugin errors. If you have a problem with a plugin, post in that plugin's thread in the plugin forum.

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  1. Have a Crash Log? START HERE!   (1,107 visits to this link)

4,284 topics in this forum

  1. INSTALL, UPDATE, OR UNINSTALL TROUBLE? READ THIS.

    By Rick Brewster,
    • 10 replies
    • 108,926 views

  2. Out of memory to load/edit an image? Read this first!

    By david.atwell,
    • 0 replies
    • 29,523 views

  3. PLUGIN PROBLEMS? READ THIS.

    By BoltBait,
    • 0 replies
    • 13,719 views

  4. Common Install / Uninstall / Crash Problems and Solutions!

    By BoltBait,
    • 0 replies
    • 5,779 views

  5. Scan your CrashLog for Common Solutions

    By BoltBait,
    • 0 replies
    • 1,589 views

  6. How to submit a performance trace

    By Rick Brewster,
    • 2 replies
    • 216 views

  7. fatal installation error 1603 Fix

    By toki,
    • 51 replies
    • 96,864 views

  8. Clone Stamp doesn't do anything

    By mtguy720,
    • 19 replies
    • 57,136 views

  9. ERROR: "You must use "Turn Windows features on or off" in the Control Panel to install or configure Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1."

    By hkBattousai,
    • 6 replies
    • 47,422 views

  10. No color wheel

    By Avion803,
    • 3 replies
    • 46,115 views

  11. "Windows 7 SP1 Or Newer Is Required" error

    By appleyard46,
    • 12 replies
    • 44,006 views

  12. My layers window is missing!

    By lunamedea,
    • 5 replies
    • 43,393 views

  13. Croppig by fixed ratio is inexact

    By henko,
    • 9 replies
    • 28,263 views

  14. The program can't start because api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem.

    By ppereira,
    • 9 replies
    • 25,386 views

  15. Paste Problem

    By BoltBait,
    • 12 replies
    • 24,868 views

  16. PaintNet portable on school computer or USB drive?

    By noobpaint,
    • 6 replies
    • 19,846 views

  17. 1603 error solved

    By Shaktyai,
    • 6 replies
    • 19,465 views

  18. Solved : Missing api-ms-win-core-timezone-l1-1-0.dll :-)

    By delite74,
    • 12 replies
    • 19,424 views

  19. Install succeeds, but can't find program on pc

    By brettblack,
    • 8 replies
    • 17,709 views

  20. Missing Visual C++ redistributable

    By CroMagnon,
    • 7 replies
    • 16,353 views

  21. Error 1603 fatal error during installation of paint.net (Error message is in russian language.)

    By artiomjar,
    • 16 replies
    • 16,201 views

  22. Paint.net installer help

    By ShadowCries,
    • 15 replies
    • 15,943 views

  23. Spooky Downloading Problems!

    By Rick Brewster,
    • 18 replies
    • 15,797 views

  24. Unable to install Paint.NET

    By medicineman,
    • 9 replies
    • 14,889 views

  25. Paint.NET not recognizing fonts / crashing Text tool

    By AKN,
    • 23 replies
    • 14,772 views