Viraxor Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 (edited) I accidentally lost my files and I've seen that I have the thumbnails in File > Open Recent. I want to found these thumbnails and get the files back. I use the Microsoft Store version of Paint.NET. Searched directories: paint.net App Files paint.net User Files AppData/Local/paint.net the directory where Paint.NET was installed Edited January 8, 2021 by Viraxor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Welcome @Viraxor to Paint.net 1. How exactly did you lose your files? If you have deleted them, then please look in your Recycle Bin. 2. Did you save the images on another host site? 3. The fact that Open > Recent still shows the thumbnails in Paint.net, doesn't mean they are still there. 4. Can you remember what you named them? If so, use the Search on your computer. 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...
Viraxor Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 49 minutes ago, Pixey said: Welcome @Viraxor to Paint.net 1. How exactly did you lose your files? If you have deleted them, then please look in your Recycle Bin. 2. Did you save the images on another host site? 3. The fact that Open > Recent still shows the thumbnails in Paint.net, doesn't mean they are still there. 4. Can you remember what you named them? If so, use the Search on your computer. 1. I didn't delete them; checked my Recycle Bin multiple times. 2. I didn't save them on other host sites. 3. Well, I am looking for the thumbnails, I know that the files aren't there. 4. Searched multiple times, nothing came up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardneh Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 In the meantime, take a screenshot of the Open Recent menu while the thumbnails are still there. You can harvest the thumbnail images from the screenshot if you can't access the thumbnail cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Thumbnails are found in the registry. They are in the Base64 format. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\paint.net There's no way you're going to get your full-size image back from a thumbnail though. 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...
Scooter Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Hope you can retrieve even just the thumbnails. Then perhaps when you remake the new version of the original files it will go a bit faster and a little easer. p.s. You are not the first person this has happened to, don't ask me how I know. Good luck and Welcome to Paint.net Quote Scooter Age is only a number --in my case a Really BIG number, but there you have it When the prefect paint.net image is created, I will still be wondering "How they Do that?"- sigh☺️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/8/2021 at 9:56 AM, toe_head2001 said: Thumbnails are found in the registry. They are in the Base64 format. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\paint.net There's no way you're going to get your full-size image back from a thumbnail though. You can write a simple C# / LinqPad script to decode the thumbnail. base64 -> byte[], then wrap in a MemoryStream, then use Image.FromStream(). (it's just a PNG) 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...
fsdafdsasfdasfd Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Hello, not quite tech-savy, and have never dealt with a computers registry before, but I managed to open the Regedit and found the thumbnail of the image that is now gone. How could I get the best possible image of the list file? Would taking a screenshot of it in-app be the same? I don't know in the slightest what I should do going forward, sorry but if anyone could elaborate more on how to decode the file or registry entry to get closer to restoring my image I would be very grateful. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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