error when opening paint.net

[paint23]

i'm receiving an unhandled error when opening paint.net, received it first on v2.72, so i tried upgrading to 3.0alpha 3, but receiving the same error, any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.. pdncrash for both version crashes read as follows:

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

Time of crash: 17/11/2006 3:30:21 AM

Application uptime: 00:00:03.5312500

OS Version: 5.1.2600.131072 Service Pack 2 Workstation x86

.NET Framework version: 2.0.50727.42 x86

Processor: 2x Intel® Core2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz

Physical memory: 509 MB

Exception details:

System.ArithmeticException: Overflow or underflow in the arithmetic operation.

at PaintDotNet.ScaleFactor.ToString()

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip.SetZoomText()

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip.OnZoomBasisChanged()

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip.zoomComboBox_Validating(Object sender, CancelEventArgs e)

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip.zoomComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripComboBox.HandleSelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedIndex(Int32 value)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_Text(String value)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripControlHost.set_Text(String value)

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip..ctor()

at PaintDotNet.DocumentWorkspace.InitializeComponent()

at PaintDotNet.DocumentWorkspace..ctor()

at PaintDotNet.MainForm.InitializeComponent()

at PaintDotNet.MainForm..ctor(String[] args)

at PaintDotNet.Startup.Start()

at PaintDotNet.Startup.Main(String[] args)

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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 v3.0 (Alpha 3 Release build 3.0.2500.35765)

Time of crash: 17/11/2006 3:33:29 AM

Application uptime: 00:00:00.6875000

OS Version: 5.1.2600.131072 Service Pack 2 Workstation x86

.NET Framework version: 2.0.50727.42 x86

Processor: 2x Intel® Core2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz

Physical memory: 509 MB

Locale: pdnr.c: en-CA, hklm: en-CA, hkcu: n/a, cc: en-CA, cuic: en-CA

Exception details:

System.ArithmeticException: Overflow or underflow in the arithmetic operation.

at PaintDotNet.ScaleFactor.ToString()

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip.SetZoomText()

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip.OnZoomBasisChanged()

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip.ZoomComboBox_Validating(Object sender, CancelEventArgs e)

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip.ZoomComboBox_SelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripComboBox.HandleSelectedIndexChanged(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.OnSelectedIndexChanged(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_SelectedIndex(Int32 value)

at System.Windows.Forms.ComboBox.set_Text(String value)

at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripControlHost.set_Text(String value)

at PaintDotNet.ViewConfigStrip..ctor()

at PaintDotNet.PdnToolBar.InitializeComponent()

at PaintDotNet.PdnToolBar..ctor()

at PaintDotNet.AppWorkspace.InitializeComponent()

at PaintDotNet.AppWorkspace..ctor()

at PaintDotNet.MainForm.InitializeComponent()

at PaintDotNet.MainForm..ctor(String[] args)

at PaintDotNet.Startup.StartPart2()

at PaintDotNet.Startup.Start()

at PaintDotNet.Startup.Main(String[] args)

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[Rick Brewster]

By any chance do you have a program called AllChars installed?

Other known conflicting applications that can cause this include incorrectly written keyboard macro utilities, key loggers, spyware, and viruses.

This particular symptom is the result of software installing what's known as a "global hook." As part of this global hook, they are not restoring the state of the floating point exception masking flag after they execute.