snakesmum

Like you, I've just had horrendous problems getting the new version of Paint.net installed and working. A few days ago, the automatic update installed the new version, and I had strange problems starting programs since then. Uninstalled Paint.net, and went to a restore point just before the update. Did a repair of Windows, since it said there were damaged files. All seemed ok. Today, several days later, it has just taken me about three hours to get the new Paint.net installed and working properly. First I kept getting error messages about the file being corrupted, so I downloaded it again from another site. Same problem. Restarted computer. Deleted the program again, from the command prompt, as I couldn't uninstall it, due to the PC saying it was a corrupt file. Tried again, and got error 1603. Net.Framework was installed so that wasn't the problem. Tried both Custom and Quick install options. No go. Went to the registry and deleted every single mention of paint.net I could find. Downloaded again, and tried to install. Fatal error. Restarted PC This happened twice. Deleted program, and downloaded it again. Installed yet again - for some reason, this time it completed the install, which I did Custom, and finally put a shortcut on the desktop. After checking, it seems to be running ok. Why did all this happen? I don't know, but the PC wasn't quite right after the update, so maybe there was a corrupt file somewhere. Anyway, you are not alone in having problems, but it finally worked. Very pleased it did as I really like paint.net, and wouldn't have to have to find another image editing software.