Free version won't install

[ScottSun]

I am running Windows 10 Home x64 (10.0.19555.0)

 

I had the free version and it wouldn't update as it would fail missing an MSI. The free version did not uninstall well (left an entry in Add/Remove) andcomplains about missing \Staging\PaintDotNet_x64_27095077.msi

 

I've installed the store version (4.2.9) just fine, but I'd like to install the free version, any ideas? Thank you! I love this tool.

 

Application    paint.net 4.2.9 (Final 4.209.7335.2867)
Build Date    Friday, January 31, 2020
Install type    AppX
    
Hardware accelerated rendering (GPU)    True
Animations    True
DPI    144 (1.50x scale)
Language    en-US
    
OS    Windows 10 Home x64 (10.0.19555.0) (0x65)
.NET Runtime    4.0.30319.42000
Physical Memory    32,588 MB
    
CPU    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7820HQ CPU @ 2.90GHz
    Speed    ~2904 MHz
    Cores / Threads    4 / 8
    Features    SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4_1, SSE4_2, AVX, AVX2
     
Video Card    NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
    Dedicated Video RAM    2,010 MB
    Dedicated System RAM    0 MB
    Shared System RAM    16,294 MB
    Vendor ID    0x10DE
    Device ID    0x134D
    Subsystem ID    0x505E17AA
    Revision    162
    LUID    0x0001377D
    Flags    AcgCompatible, SupportMonitoredFences, KeyedMutexConformance
    Graphics Preemption    DmaBufferBoundary
    Compute Preemption    DmaBufferBoundary
    Outputs    0
    Feature Level    Direct3D_11_0
    DXGI Formats    A8_UNorm, B8G8R8A8_UNorm, R16G16B16A16_UNorm, R16G16B16A16_Float, R32G32B32A32_Float
    Buffer Precision    UNorm8bpc, UNorm8bpcSrgb, UNorm16bpc, Float16bpc, Float32bpc
  

 

 

[ScottSun]

I ran the troubleshooter at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/windows-fix-problems-that-block-programs-being-installed-or-removed

and it worked its magic, and the free version installed just fine after that. Leaving this here to help others.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

Glad to hear you've got it sorted. I run both versions side-by-side too 👍