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Assume I selected a rectangle in a loaded image. Then I press Ctrl+X and the selected area is cut. Good. Instead now a checkered area is shown. How can I (automatically) convert this area to a (pre-defined/white) background color? Just deselecting it does not help

Assume I loaded an image into PDN. Then I inserted (via Ctrl+V) another image from windows clipboard. It is displayed afterwards as selected area with a dashed border. When I want to apply it now via menu Layer-->Merge Layers down it does not work: This menu is greyed out/disabled. How else can I merge the selected area otherwise into the original base image?

Currently when I drag an external image from Windows File Explorer onto PDN I am always prompted what I want to do: - Open - Add Layer How can I configure PDN to always automatically open dragged images as new items and never as layer? Peter

I want to update my Paint.Net PORTABLE installation from v5.0.2 to v5.0.3 but keep the previous settings/preferences. In which file(s) are these settings/preferences exactly stored? Whats the diffrerence between PaintDotNet.AppSettings.json and PaintDotNet.Configuration.json and paintdotnet.runtimeconfig.json

That means: I cannot define default compression level independent from a SAVE operation? Users MUST save at least one *.jpg No way of finding the current level without changing? Sounds not very sophisticated and thoughtful

Ok, and where in the save configuration dialog can I specify the default compression level? I can select only target directory

How can I define into which directory a (new/changed) picture should be saved by default (e.g. "same as original" or "absolute D:\mypics\")? How can I setup the save (compression) quality for *.jpg pictures (e.g. 97%)?

I prefer to zoom in and out by using the mouse wheel rather than with hotkeys. How can I assign zoom in/out to mouse wheel? How do I re-assign in general a new hotkey (combination) to a certain function?

Occasionally photos contain some bad objects like cranes, power cables, litter, persons in background..... As far as I know Paint.net can help to remove these objects in a smart way by replacing them by adjacent areas and colors. I am thinking about something like to well know, great webservice https://cleanup.pictures/ Unfortunately this WebService offers only smaller downloads of the modified photo. So I want to try Paint.net for "repairing" a photo in its original size. How does that work in detail? Thank you Peter

I extracted in the past an older version of Paint.net and adjusted a lot of setting. Now I downloaded the newest version v.4.3.9 but want to keep all the settings from the previous PORTABLE version. How can I achieve this? In other words. which file(s) in Paint.Net (sub)folder does contain all the current settings?

@iron67 Thank you for the answer. However you wrote "this question is indeed necessary". I don't agree in general. Why not letting users decide whether this question is necessary or not. Just add an option if the user wants to be asked or not. Is there an official FeatureRequest tracker? Peter

Is it somehow possible to assign new key combinations to menu function. In order to have the "usual" key combination resp. to keep the key combinations from other popular picture editors I would prefer to re-adjust them in Paint.Net. Just one example: I want to assign SHIFT+R for "Crop to selection" If this is currently NOT possible: Can this feature be implemented in the next release? Thank you Peter

Ok, thank you. BUT how do I add "Resize" icon to toolbar for example? or Hue/Saturation? Peter

When I open a new installed Paint.NET then I have two area with tool icons: The toolbar and the toolbox. Can I somehow merge them? I would appreciate it really if I could have ONE toolbar with all the toolbox icons? Even more: It would be good to make the toolbar (and toolbox) customizable. Is this possible or can this be implemented in the next release? Peter

If I drag a picture from WiNExplorer I am always prompted if I want to open it as a new picture or a new layer. How can I tell Paint.net to ALWAYS AUTOMATICALLY open it as a new picture and don't aks me any more in the future? Peter

As I noticed the current version v4.0.9 need installed .NET v4.6 I don't want to install v4.6 resp. have only a computer with v4.5.2 which does not allow to install v4.6 Which is the latest Paint.net version which need sonly v4.5.2 and how do I download this (old) version? Peter

Ok. As I found out Paint.dot writes the change win pos + size into registry but does NOT read it later (at next restart). I think this is a bug. Possibly its because I start Paint.Net here from USB flash drive. it seems to me that Paint.Net does not recognize succesfully that there already exist some preferences in registry. Paint.Net should not only check if it is installed but if there are some usable preferences in registry. Peter

I am usnig paint.net v4.0.5 under 64bit Win 7. @Ego Eram Winner: Yes, the 4 default positions are as you told me. When I resize the main window the sub windows follow. But this has nothing to do with the fact that Paint.Net does not remember size and position of main window. Where should Paint.NET store the current pos+size? In Registry or preference file?

When I start PDN then I always have to adjust the window size and position of the main windows (and sub-panes). This is annoying. Is there a way to tell PDN to automatically remember this information at exit and to use them at next startup? Peter

is working Thank you

I installeed Paint.net v4.0.5 on my USB flash drive. When I start it on another computer a warning popup appears: "Paint.net has detected that some instalaltion files are msssing. If you click the Repair buton it will attempt to repair this and continue loading. The missing files are: Micrososft Visual C++ Runtime" "Repair" click does not solve the problem. Yes, .NET v4.5 is already installed on the computer. So excatly which runtime is missing? Can I install it separately? I prefer not to install Paint.net explictely on every computer I use it. Instead I want to use it from USB flash drive. Thank you Peter

As far as I can see there is only a Paint.NET version WITH INSTALLER. As you know more and more software companies offer an portable version WITHOUT INSTALLER. Just a zip file which needs to be extracted. Is there such a version of Paint.net? If not are there plans to offer such a version? Thank you Peter Steiner

The last question was about integrating a WHOLE tool pane into the toolbar. The current thread is about CHANGING parts of the already integrated "main" toolbar

Is there a way to adjust the "main" toolbar at the top? I want remove certain icons (like "Display grid when zoomed in") and add others (like show "Colors" pane).

Assume I loaded a picture into Paint.NET. Now I selected a part of it with rectangle selection tool. How can I move this rectangle INCLUDING the content (!) inside the current picture? This should somehow possible without explicte cut/copy and paste- Paint-Shop Pro for example offers such a feature by default. Peter