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Thank you, yes, I was able to get the program running on my computer. The file I downloaded from the link you gave me was a zip file.

Thank you so much Hitman-x-. I was just now able to get some time to set up your program. I wasn't able to make a CD I suppose because my free ware Ashampoo Burning Studio wouldn't do the whole folder, though it does have an ISO option. So I set up the program on the computer and will deal with deletion when it becomes necessary. I suppose at some point I will have to run a recovery, but at least not for now. I really appreciate all of your help and concern.

I'm sorry about not answering your question. I thought I had in one of my posts. Anyway, when I start the install the progress bar gets about one quarter across the page and the install screen flashes and disappears. As far as I can tell the only thing that has happened at that point is that the folder pdnsetup2 is created in the D & S HP_Owner, Local Settings, temp folder. By the way, at one point I had completely deleted the temp folder to see what would happen on boot up, but the same problem with %temp% remained. Yes, I would like to attempt a work around if you are up for it. While I think of it do you have any thoughts or comments about the path I listed in my previous post? Thanks again.

Thanks to all for their suggestions and assistance. I understand the indication that the failure of %temp% command might indicate a Windows problem, but what I don't understand is that many programs don't seem to be having any problem locating this folder, even the Paint.net setup finds it when it establishes the pdnsetup2 folder. So why won't %temp% work and does it really matter. I just wonder if maybe we have been distracted from the real issue. Thoughts? I really, really don't want to do another restore. I like the program, but I'm not sure I like it that much. One more thing that 'might' shed some light. I typed 'path' in my command window and the following was returned: C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS\System32\wbem;C:\Program Files\Su port Tools\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\ I suppose that could be OK, but it sure doesn't look like it to me. What should it look like?

hitman-x- Thank you for the video. When I follow the exact same command sequence as you did I get the message(after entering cd %temp%): 'temp' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. When I initially open the command window so that it says C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner and type dir at that point I do receive a directory of my Documents and Settings folder. At least now I know I was typing it properly, but not yet why cd %temp% doesn't work.

I have attached two screen shots of my attempts to use the command window as you suggested. Am I doing something wrong? I have my system on another partition of my hard drive, though I'm not sure I can do a system repair. I will do a little research to check it out. I thought I attached two screen shots, but I can't seem to find them?

I'm afraid I am lost. Your first statement look at the PS: 1st as it is a setting you can do to your autoexec.bat file is incomprehensible to me. I don't know how to check my autoexec.bat file or how to access it to set it. I don't have a Windows CD - my system didn't come with one. I looked at the link for kb/92635, but I don't know how to change directories in MSDOS or how to open an autoexec,.bat file or what a tilde character is. Basically I sort of understand what they are saying, but have no idea how to do it. Sorry I'm so ignorant.

Yes, I am logged in as Administrator. I am aware of the potential problems of making changes to the registry and approach any changes with a great deal of caution. The problem that I am having existed prior to any current registry adjustments to uninstall. That doesn't preclude a problem created by some past activity, though I don't seem to be having problems in any other programs at the moment anyway. I attempted %temp% through the command window as you suggested. This was also unsuccessfull with the result: 'C:\Documents' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Again, though, the temp file is there in Local Settings just as it is supposed to be. I can't say for sure that the system isn't corrupted. but you would think it would show up in other places. Thanks again for your continuing interest.

Thank you for your support. I attempted to perform your suggested fix, but when I typed %temp% in the My Computer address bar I get the error message 'cannot find 'file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/HP_Owner/LocalSettings%7Ctemp' Make sure the path or internet address is correct' When I manually follow the path to the temp file I do find it and that is where the PdnSetup2 folder is located. When I delete that folder it just reappears the next time I attempt installation. Could there be some connection between the file not found and the installation problem? Oh, also my progress in the installer hasn't changed from my initial posting.

First, I am running WindowsXP SP2 Home with 1.5gb RAM and 2.8Gh processor. I was successfully running Paint.net version 3.20 when I attempted to upgrade to 3.22 in January the installation failed. I e-mailed paint.net about the problem and sent the error log, but never heard back. I decided to let it go until a newer version was released. I have now attempted to install 3.30 with even less success. The installation fails after about one quarter of the progress bar fills. It just flashes and stops. There is no error log created or error code posted. From what I can tell it creates an empty folder named pdnsetup2 in the temp file found in Documents and Settings\HP-Owner\Local Settings. I have read all of the postings regarding similar problems and did the following as a result: 1. uninstalled and reinstalled all of my Net Framework Programs including 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5. 2. I used Windows Installer Cleaner to remove Paint.net. After I did this I found I still had another working Paint.net program that was not shown either in Add & Remove Programs or in Windows Installer Cleaner. I manually removed that program and all of it's registry entries, so that as far as I could tell there were no remnants of Paint.net either in my program or any folders or in the registry. 3. I then deleted all zip and unzipped installation files and the pdnsetup2 folder and redownloaded and unzipped the 3.30 installation files. I reran the installation and got exactly the same problem. So now I have NO working version of Paint.net and no idea in how to proceed. I hope someone may have some suggestions. Thank you