PDN Crashes After Startup

[vid]

As soon as I open Paint.net, just after everything has loaded, I get a pop-up window which says:

And when I press OK, the program closes. The PDNcrash file says:

This text file was created because Paint.NET crashed.

Please e-mail this file to paint.net@hotmail.com so we can diagnose and fix the problem.

Application version: Paint.NET v2.72 (Final Release build 2.72.2432.31554)

Time of crash: 04/11/2006 8:37:37 PM

Application uptime: 00:00:01.6123184

OS Version: 5.1.2600.131072 Service Pack 2 Workstation x86

.NET Framework version: 2.0.50727.42 x86

Processor: 1x Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU 2.20GHz

Physical memory: 223 MB

Exception details:

System.ArgumentException: Given combination of Class, Part, and State is not defined by the current visual style.

at System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRenderer.SetParameters(String className, Int32 part, Int32 state)

at System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRenderer.SetParameters(VisualStyleElement element)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripSystemRenderer.RenderStatusStripBackground(ToolStripRenderEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripSystemRenderer.OnRenderToolStripBackground(ToolStripRenderEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripRenderer.DrawToolStripBackground(ToolStripRenderEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip.OnPaintBackground(PaintEventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.PaintWithErrorHandling(PaintEventArgs e, Int16 layer, Boolean disposeEventArgs)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmPaint(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.StatusStrip.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

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I am an illustrator at a skyscraper website and this error has become quite frustrating.

[Rick Brewster]

The visual style you are using was authored incorrectly. My guess is that you're using WindowBlinds. Find a different visual style that doesn't cause this crash -- all the official ones work fine, for instance (Luna, Windows Classic).

[vid]

Thanks. I can just unload windowblinds it while I'm working, right?

[Rick Brewster]

I think you can also tell it to exclude Paint.NET from theming.

Please report this to the WindowBlinds people as well (Stardock).

[vid]

It isn't anything on their part, it's the theme itself. I downloaded it from another site. The theme used to be available on Wincustomize a few years ago but was removed in mid 2004. I have changed the theme anyway, that one was getting old. I'll make a note to exclude it if I use the theme again though.