jaschutte Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Hello everyone! Wanted to open paint.net yesterday and I suddenly got: I was deleting stuff from my pc so I assumed I might have deleted a file from paint.net by accident. I've tried to reinstall paint after removing everything on my pc with the name 'paint.net'. At first it didn't want to install at all, I managed to fix that by reinstalling the 4.7.2 .NET framework. I've also tried using PndRepair, didn't work. I'm using windows 10. Did I not install 4.7.2 correctly? Or did the installation of paint.net not go well? Any help would be appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Hello @jaschutte and Welcome Please try using this tool and then try to re-install paint.net again: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/fix-problems-that-block-programs-from-being-installed-or-removed Then re-install from here: https://www.getpaint.net/download.html Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaschutte Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 4 minutes ago, Pixey said: Hello @jaschutte and Welcome Please try using this tool and then try to re-install paint.net again: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/fix-problems-that-block-programs-from-being-installed-or-removed Then re-install from here: https://www.getpaint.net/download.html I've already tried that tool, it didn't work sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Have you read through this thread: https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/110411-common-install-uninstall-crash-problems-and-solutions/ Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Try deleting this file: "C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.exe.config" Then open Paint.NET. It should ask you to run a repair; do so. Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaschutte Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 I've tried both @Pixey's and @toe_head2001's solution. Pixey's solution didn't work sadly, I've done everything the guide said and none worked. The old error is gone but I got a new one instaid of a repair option. I tried to use the PdnRepair which then got me the original error. This is the current error I'm dealing with: (I removed PaintDotNet.exe.config) Translated: the configuration setting appsettings contains an unexpected declaration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 57 minutes ago, toe_head2001 said: Try deleting this file: "C:\Program Files\paint.net\PaintDotNet.exe.config" Then open Paint.NET. It should ask you to run a repair; do so. If you delete this file then Paint.NET will probably crash. Not a good idea Quote The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaschutte Posted May 14, 2019 Author Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) I've done that when pixey suggest it. It took quite a while to download but it said it had downloaded succesfully. I'll try to get more details. Give me a couple of minutes. As far as I could find it installed 4.8 succesfully, I can't seem to find it tho, unlike 4.6.1 or other versions I can't find it anywhere. If I want to download 4.8 it says that I already have it. I also used a windows NET framework repair tool, didn't seem do anything. Edited May 14, 2019 by jaschutte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted May 15, 2019 Share Posted May 15, 2019 So what is happening now when you try to open Paint.NET? Also, can you please check that you have all of the Windows Updates current and up-to-date. Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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