Shrewstur Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 The Problem: Recently due to unforeseen technical difficulties in my C:// which were completely not my fault, I was lead little choice but to use system restore. I've done this before, and PDN came back up with little effort; however this time: I tried DLing .NET framework several times. 3 different versions, 2 times each. Alas, I feel I wasted time, same error with each. These were the links I DL'd in order, which I remember because the links are purple on google: .NET 3.5 .NET 4.0 (newest) .NET 2.0 (did I? can't remember, but link's purple). .NET 3.0 (on faqs) Most of them claimed to had install, with the above error; 3.0 however claimed to have failed with this: Again, I tried each twice with several restarts in between, and I get the same "X" error message above when opening PDN 3.5.8 (I also tried reinstalling and uninstalling PDN 3.5.8 several times, no success). It may be worth mentioning that the day after system restore, Windows auto-updates itself (turned on)... but in the middle of it, I had to shut down the computer early. Also, unlike my first system restore, this one occured because I was, erm, tampering unwittingly in the C://, although any problems there should have been cured with system restore, right? Thanks so much if you talented people can get to the bottom of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Try going into Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel, find .NET 3.5, click Change or Modify or whatever it is in XP, then choose the Repair option. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrewstur Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 Although I distinctly remember DLing all in the list above multiple times, only 1.1, 4 Client Profile, and 4 Extended actually appear on the repair. I successfully repaired Framework 4 Client Profile first, and both before and after a restart, I got the same PDN error message. I recently successfully repaired Framework 4 Extended, and without a restart, I got the same error message. Then I tried repairing Framework 1.1; however, the option didn't show up. Rather, it immediately asked me whether I would like to remove it. Thanks Pyro, but do you or anyone else have any other ideas on what I can do? I quite miss PDN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 I seem to recall reading somewhere that the .NET versions need to be installed in order. If I'm right, you may need to uninstall 4.0 before reinstalling 2.0, 3.0 & 3.5 then reinstalling 4.0. DON'T DO THIS YET. Await confirmation as I don't seem to be able to find the reference post/article I'm looking for. Edit: this page from Microsoft tells me I'm wrong http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb822049.aspx Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 So you got .NET 4 repaired successfully? In that case, you can force Paint.NET to use .NET 4 by going to the folder in which Paint.NET is installed (usually C:\Program Files\Paint.NET) and opening the file PaintDotNet.exe.config in a text editor like Notepad. Switch these 2 lines: <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" sku="Client"/> <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client"/> so that it's: <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client"/> <supportedRuntime version="v2.0.50727" sku="Client"/> Save the file, and try to start Paint.NET. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrewstur Posted April 12, 2011 Author Share Posted April 12, 2011 I tried your solution above, Pyro, and got this: Before trying this solution, I tried re-DLing 3.5 SP1 through a different website (although it had the same exact file name & size). Got this error: Now that I think about it, this looks kinda familiar. Although I know for sure Framework 4 was DL'd successfully, it's possible that I had gotten this before with 3.5 (and I got confused because I was DLing things over and over so much I lost track?) Thanks so much for your current solutions, Pyro and EER. What else can I try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Try doing the line swap for PdnRepair.exe.config as well. You'll still get the Repair dialog, but this time maybe it will work. Maybe. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrewstur Posted April 13, 2011 Author Share Posted April 13, 2011 This time, when I tried it, I got the same repair window. But this time when I clicked repair, the black window instantly came up and closed within 1 second, without the "requires 3.5 SP1 or greater" window. I then went to every individual file in the pdn folder with a notepad icon and did the same thing, with no difference. In the above image of my pdn folder, could I be missing something (or having something unnecessary in there) which could be the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 Download the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from here: And use it to remove .NET 3.5 and Paint.NET. Then try reinstalling .NET 3.5 SP1, and then Paint.NET. Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMaskedBurrito42 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I had a similar problem. If you dont have SP2 and SP3 installed, give it a shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrewstur Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 After downloading Windows Installer Clean-up, Paint.Net didn't appear on the list. It didn't show up on the lists for Control Panel's Remove Programs nor Revo Uninstaller either. Even though everything on my computer got wiped out, I clearly remember finishing the installation for PDN several (2 or 3) times. Masked Burito, I've tried dl'ing SP 2 and 3 twice or more each, in which it would say it was successfully installed. And although SP 2 & 3 don't appear on either of my lists, is there anything SP 2 or 3 could do which Framework 4 can't do? Is it possible that the installation of Framework 4 interferes with SP 2 or 3 appearing, and that's the root to my problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueberries Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 I then went to every individual file in the pdn folder with a notepad icon and did the same thing, with no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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