I know there's other ways to do it (keyboard etc), but that misses the point because still have to switch toone of the active paint.net windows.
What I want is like outlook, I can select the action directly from the task bar
i.e. instead of: do work in another app, print-screen, switch to paint.net, paste-into-new-image, switch-back-to-app, repeat
I'm looking for: do work in another app, print-screen, right click paint.net task bar icon, choose paste to new image, repeat
i.e. save the switch-to paint.net. (Of course would need to start paint.net once so the task bar icon is active).
similar to in outlook once opened, I can right click the task bar icon and choose create new message - even if outlook is minimized/behind something
OK, only saves 2 steps (switch to paint, switch back to app), but when doing a series of screenshots way less disruptive to getting the sequence right