WebGuyTom

Here's what I found, after all of the above and rebooting. The initial problem was that Windows was blocking a protected folder in which Windows installed PDN, but I never got a notification saying such. When I realized that, I uninstalled that version, downloaded and installed the "typical" version, installed the ico plugin and it's back to work! The plugin I was using prior to the reset was working great - right up until I had to reset the computer. So I knew I had the plugin working previously. I hope you didn't read my post as pointing fingers at anybody other than Microsoft. I love PDN! That's why I've used it since the early 00's. I've had a lot of people laugh at me for not using Photoshop instead...even though I proved to them I can do anything with PDN that PS can do. And hopefully nobody using the "Store" version will have the issue I had.

As an update, no. The reboot did nothing. I'll uninstall then reinstall using the "old" method.

I've used Paint.net for many, many years. I've always downloaded the .exe file and run that to install. I've never had a problem working with the program, including adding a huge number of effects to the software. Recently I had to "Reset" my computer, and lost everything that was not part of Windows 10. But, since I save 100% of my work on another drive (not C:\), that keeps me from having to shoot myself after I reset. So I decided for the fresh install to download and install from Windows Store. BAD idea!!! I thought it was nice to throw a little money at the developers. But...Windows installs the software under - C:\User\{name}\Documents\paint.net User Files - for the main folder. I spent an inordinate amount of time finding that information. I then followed the instructions to create the Effects, FileTypes and Shapes folders which are "outside" of the main PDN folder. Ok...so I've done that, added a couple of my effects to the proper folders and...that didn't work. Specifically I'm trying to create a simple favicon. The single IcoCur.dll is placed in the \paint.net App Files\FileTypes with PDN closed. I opened PDN, opened the file I want to use to create the .ico favicon, then attempted to Save As then selected .ico I remember that I had a little difficulty making the correct selections in order to create favicons in the past. But I'm getting nowhere today. By default, there are (I believe) 8 (4 sets) of sizes selected. I left that alone and tried to save. Didn't work. I tried again to save but deselected all but 32x32 32bit, 32x32 8bit, 16x16 32bit, and 16x16 8bit - didn't work. Then I deselected all but 16x16 32bit and 16x16 8 bit...didn't work. I even went down to just 1 selection - 16x16 8bit...no dice. I found and ran the troubleshooter, posted the code and it found nothing was wrong. I'm going to reboot now, but since that's never been an issue previously I haven't yet. But if it's this big a pain to install add-ons for PDN, why in the world would I install from Windows Store?! If a reboot doesn't work, I'm going to uninstall and then reinstall using the downloaded method. I'm happy to throw some money at the developers. But I know now, do NOT install from Windows Store! What a nightmare. It also seems to run slower than if I install from the download.

I know this thread is old, and I have the "updated" version of this tool. But I need a much more "simple" tool. I just want a slightly curved line on which I can add text - which will follow the line. I don't know the terminology that Paint uses, but I've always known that as "Line Text", or "Curve Text". But everything in Paint (when I searched extensively) comes back to the Circle tool. The closest that comes to this is the "Circle" tool. But that's way too sharp an angle. I don't need a full circle. I've gone through the extensive list of tools I've installed, but there is nothing to create a line and have text then follow that line. Am I missing another plugin? I can use the Circle tool if the text is short. But I have long text. When you go through all the adjustments, it just looks really bad and ends up all over the image where I'm trying to add text. Any thoughts? Thanks.