Zack A Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Good evening, I have been running paint.net on my Windows 10 PC for a long time and the auto-update feature has always worked flawlessly, until 4.3.12 came out. Now every time I open Paint.net and I am prompted to upgrade, the upgrade fails with an "Unhandled exception" saying "Strong name validation failed." I finally tried uninstalling paint.net to do a fresh install but the fresh install gives the same error so now I don't have paint.net installed at all. Has anyone else had this issue? I do not want to disable the validation completely as many sites have suggested, and I have been unable to find anything for this error as it relates to paint.net specifically. Thank you, Zack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Please post a screenshot showing the details of the error message. 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...
Zack A Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Below is the error I am receiving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution Zack A Posted October 28, 2022 Author Solution Share Posted October 28, 2022 Resolved (sort-of) While searching for a portable version of PDN I came across the MSI version of the installer here: https://github.com/paintdotnet/release/releases The MSI installer worked and did not give the error that the EXE installer was giving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Hello @Zack A On 10/25/2022 at 7:12 PM, Zack A said: I finally tried uninstalling paint.net to do a fresh install but the fresh install gives the You may now have some clutter left, so please try this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17588/fix-problems-that-block-programs-from-being-installed-or-removed Afterwards, you should be able to install paint.net anew. 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...
Rick Brewster Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 3 hours ago, Zack A said: Below is the error I am receiving: That looks like your .NET Framework installation is corrupt. You can probably fix this by running sfc /scannow at an administrator command prompt (a google search will be able to provide more comprehensive information if you need it). Paint.NET itself uses .NET 6, not Framework, but the setup bootstrapper does need it. 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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