First off,thanks for all the responses...
It happens even when XYplorer is disabled,i'm pretty sure that's not it.The author of the program says it makes no registry changes,that and i've scanned the registry myself.
It's not the file size.
I barely use anti-virus,nothing that's always running.Mostly stand alone utilities.
When i uninstall software,i uninstall software (btw,this build does do a better job at not leaving things all through out the registry).When i uninstall,other than the obvious uninstall through add/remove console i go through the programs folder,the C:\Documents and Settings folders ,then i take a registry scanner and scan for anything name paint.net.
This has happened throughout the year (pre SP3 RC 1) even upon a complete reformat of my system after buying a new drive.It's random though,fickle,sometimes it saves correctly
other times,well.I've tried Paint.net every three months or so,then reinstall.Just to check it
out,i'm not an art/graphics guy so i just give it the once or twice around,see if it's cool on my system,then this problem always pops up.
I do tweak my system,disable services,does anyone know if there is something in the Administrative Tools/services that paint.net absolutely needs?