clone45 Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Hello! I was wondering if it is possible to run paint.net from the command line? I'm trying to configure Greenshot, which is a screen capture program, to automatically open the saved screen captures in Paint.net. Thanks! Bret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clone45 Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 Nevermind! I figured out a way. I created a shortcut called "paint.net.lnk", then created a batch file to run it: @ECHO OFF START "" "C:\Users\clone\paint.net.lnk" "%1%" Then I used the external command feature to run the batch file. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 It's best to use the "paintdotnet protocol" so you don't have to hardcode an EXE path. This is also required if you want things to work with the Store release. https://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/paintdotnetProtocol.html 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...
Joe.B Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Paint.net & Greenshot are my two favourite tools I use almost daily. I had the same issue, then I realised I didn't install the correct plug-in during install of Greenshot. You can send the captured image directly to Paint.net from Greenshot. If it doesn't appear as a destination you need to reinstall it with the "Open with external command plug-in", then it should be automatically configured if Paint.net is already installed. After screen shot this will appear. To configure the destination manually, check out this link https://getgreenshot.org/2013/01/28/how-to-use-the-external-command-plugin-to-send-screenshots-to-other-applications/ I hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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