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I've searched on a variety of combinations of the keywords in the error message and am not finding another relevant thread. I uninstalled Paint.NET, deleted the HKCU/Software/Paint.NET registry key and reinstalled...the error still happens. I checked the permissions on the registry key and there is an odd entry under the list of user names "Account Unknown(S-1-5-5-0-176429)" Looking at other keys I don't see this listed on any other keys. SYSTEM and Administrators are also listed. The account I use is not listed. I added my own account to the list and granted permissions, and now it works.

Is it required to run Paint.NET as administrator in Vista? If so is this being addressed? When I run as administrator it seems to work fine. When I don't, it consistently generates this error: Application version: Paint.NET v3.22 (Final Release build 3.22.2933.24445) Time of crash: 2/29/2008 11:18:27 AM Application uptime: 00:00:00.3300570 OS Version: 6.0.6000.0 Workstation x86 .NET Framework version: 2.0.50727.1433 x86 Processor: 4x "Intel® Core2 CPU 6400 @ 2.13GHz" @ ~2999MHz (DEP, SSE, SSE2, SSE3) Physical memory: 2045 MB Tablet PC: no Updates: true, err Locale: pdnr.c: en-US, hklm: en-US, hkcu: n/a, cc: en-US, cuic: en-US Loaded assemblies: mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorlib.dll PaintDotNet, Version=3.22.2933.24445, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\PaintDotNet.exe System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Windows.Forms\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Windows.Forms.dll System, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089 @ C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll System.Drawing, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a @ C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Drawing.dll PaintDotNet.Core, Version=3.22.2933.24442, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\PaintDotNet.Core.dll PaintDotNet.Base, Version=3.22.2933.24440, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\PaintDotNet.Base.dll PaintDotNet.SystemLayer, Version=3.22.2933.24441, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.dll PaintDotNet.Resources, Version=3.22.2933.24441, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\PaintDotNet.Resources.dll PaintDotNet.Data, Version=3.22.2933.24442, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\PaintDotNet.Data.dll PaintDotNet.Effects, Version=3.22.2933.24443, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null @ C:\Program Files\Paint.NET\PaintDotNet.Effects.dll Exception details: System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the registry key 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Paint.NET' is denied. at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Win32Error(Int32 errorCode, String str) at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.CreateSubKey(String subkey, RegistryKeyPermissionCheck permissionCheck, RegistrySecurity registrySecurity) at Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.CreateSubKey(String subkey) at PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.Settings.CreateSettingsKey(Boolean writable) at PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.Settings.SetObject(String key, Object value) at PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.Settings.SetString(String key, String value) at PaintDotNet.ColorsForm.SwatchControl_ColorsChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e) at PaintDotNet.SwatchControl.OnColorsChanged() at PaintDotNet.SwatchControl.set_Colors(ColorBgra[] value) at PaintDotNet.ColorsForm..ctor() at PaintDotNet.AppWorkspace.InitializeFloatingForms() at PaintDotNet.AppWorkspace..ctor() at PaintDotNet.MainForm.InitializeComponent() at PaintDotNet.MainForm..ctor(String[] args) at PaintDotNet.Startup.StartPart2() at PaintDotNet.Startup.Start() at PaintDotNet.Startup.Main(String[] args) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------