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Well, had another go and did all the .NET Framework 2.0 SP2, 3.0 SP2, and 3.5 SP1 removals and updates... went to do an entirely fresh install and.... at the very end in the installation... "Fatal error". Looks like there is no way I'm going to be able to use PDN anymore - I'm into near 10 hours used now and just can't waste any more time - going to look for another programme straight away as I've work to be finished. It's a real shame as it's an excellent programme and my young daughter has been learning to use it too. If only I had not kept it up to date with updates I'd be fine. I'm certainly going to stop everything except security updates on my PC as this could happen with any other programme I suspect - let others find the bugs first! Clearly depsite my searching, somewhere in my PC is a fragment that won't uninstall thats corrupting any new attempts.

Which fix did it? I think there are one or two of us with the same issue. - and you are right, it's a brilliant prog (I've never had a problem with it until now)

Let us know how you get on - I am in exactly the same boat, though having used Paint for over a year with no problems. Have followed all the suggestions and thought I'd got it completely clear, but when I get right to the end of a fresh installation I get the dreaded "Fatal Error" message. Whatever it is, it's hiding somewhere on my system despite auto uninstall followed by manual seraching for the bits. I've probably spent 6 or more hours this week alone trying to resolve it. A real shame as I've come to be very used to using paint.net and it looks like I'm going to have to learn a whole new package as I've got images I need worked on urgently. I've tried and tried with uninstalls, installs, removing .net and replacing it etc. It seems to stem from the last Beta I think.