ash73 Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Paint.net v4.2.13 non-app version When I save a jpg to the desktop it saves the file but also leaves behind an empty .0.pdnSave file. When I try to delete it is says could not find this item, but the icon is there. It disappears when I reboot, or after a while (maybe when I close some programs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted October 14, 2020 Share Posted October 14, 2020 Does it disappear when you right click on the desktop and choose refresh? Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash73 Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share Posted October 14, 2020 Yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltBait Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Sounds like a problem with Windows then. Quote Download: BoltBait's Plugin Pack | CodeLab | and a Free Computer Dominos Game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash73 Posted October 15, 2020 Author Share Posted October 15, 2020 10 hours ago, BoltBait said: Sounds like a problem with Windows then. Could be. I've run a script to reset the desktop icon cache, it's stopped for now... will report back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash73 Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 Hmm, still doing it. And no other programs are doing it. But now I know about clicking refresh it doesn't really matter. Thanks for a great bit of software, I use it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Mine has been doing that for the last few months too. It always goes away but now I know to right click on desktop and hit refresh to make it go away faster. Thanks! @BoltBait Edited July 13, 2021 by Rhonda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enk Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 FYI, the same happened to me today, for the first time ever (I've been saving paint.net pics for years onto my desktop, but the pdn thing never happened to me before. Refresh resolved it for me as well. I seem to recall that by mistake I clicked PNG in the dropdown, instead of JPG. So i then clicked JPG to correct my typo. But that's a far-fetched cause, so i guess it's one of life's mysteries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 @Enk, are you on Windows 7 by any chance? 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...
Enk Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Nope, Edition Windows 10 Home Version 21H1 Installed on 12/8/2020 OS build 19043.1348 Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3920.0 (but still was on paint.net 4.3.2. So sorry, didn't have time to update yet). On 10/16/2020 at 7:51 AM, ash73 said: Thanks for a great bit of software, I use it all the time. ash73, Rick, BoltBait - ditto ditto! 🤗 Edited December 1, 2021 by Enk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Ahh, I ask because I did see this happen recently when testing some stuff in a Win7 VM. It just seems to be a bug in Explorer. PDN does everything it can to make these phantom files (they don't exist!) not show up for you, but Explorer doesn't seem to always get the message. (for the record, PDN calls SHChangeNotify(SHCNE_UPDATEITEM, SH_PATHW, ...) which is supposed to prevent this) 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...
Enk Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Thanks again Rick, great job! 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tft Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 This problem is still happening with 4.3.10 on Windows-10 Pro (OS-build 19043.1706). If I open the application and create a file and save it off, all is fine but if I open an existing PNG file and store it elsewhere (say the desktop) with a different name, the phantom 0-byte .pdnSave file is created. Let me know if any debug info is needed or if you need me to share any further details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 This is an OS bug. 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...
tft Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 14 hours ago, Rick Brewster said: This is an OS bug. Noted, but why is it appearing on certain functions/functionality (and not others) and on certain versions of the app and not others. Alas, food for thought. Thanks and keep up the GREAT work on the application (much beloved and appreciated !!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Well the code for this hasn't changed in Paint.NET. And, I'm pretty sure it happens with all versions of the app, but depends on some environmental factor that we haven't nailed down. I've already sunk a lot of time trying to nail this down, and it's just an OS bug and there's probably nothing more to be done at this point. 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...
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