midora Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 Do try it. Power users such as yourself can provide Rick with meaningful feedback as you try to replicate/improve your techniques. Remember you can run 3.5.11 and 4.0 side-by-side. Instructions here: http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/27227-paintnet-40-alpha-build-5034/?p=399792 Just to say. This is not working for me on W7 SP1. Starting the 3.5.11 version results in the messagebox: Paint.NET has detected that some important installation files are missing. If you click the Repair button it will attempt to repairt his and then continue loading. The missing files are: Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable Pressing the Repair button leads to some activity (where I can see a Paint.NET 4.0 pre release in the header) but it does not work. The application terminates and the next start will present the same messagebox. I downloaded vcredis_x64.exe and installed it but w/o effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I've split this post off from http://forums.getpaint.net/index.php?/topic/27530-reminder-paintnet-40-will-require-windows-7/ Please keep troubleshooting posts for 4.0 inside the paint.net 4.0 Preview Center. That thread is for discussing the system requirements, not troubleshooting. Thanks in advance. 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...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 28, 2013 Share Posted November 28, 2013 I ran both versions side-by-side for some time on my Win7 SP1 system. I used exactly those instructions to duplicate the folder. Worked like a dream, so I expect that there is some other issue at fault here. I'll re-install 3.5.11 to see if it will cooperate with the latest version of 4.0. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 I got it to run the other way round: - Install Paint.NET 4 - Start and finish Paint.NET - Rename Paint.NET folder to Paint.NET4 - Install Paint.NET 3.5.11 - Start and finish Paint.NET - Rename Paint.NET folder to Paint.NET3511 - Rename Paint.NET4 to Paint.NET So it seems that Paint.NET 4 removes some important files required by 3.5.11. People should know that there are potential risks doing this: - Both versions share the same registry key - Some data exchange format may be different (i.e. the clipboard format of selections) - The pdn file format changed a little bit (The serialized data part). Still compatible between PDN versions but I had to update the Irfanview plugin. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ego Eram Reputo Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Here's what I did... I installed 3.5.11 over 4.0.5079 then duplicated the 3.5.11 folder. Renamed it. Then reinstalled 4.0.5079 Both versions are working sweetly. Quote ebook: Mastering Paint.NET | resources: Plugin Index | Stereogram Tut | proud supporter of Codelab plugins: EER's Plugin Pack | Planetoid | StickMan | WhichSymbol+ | Dr Scott's Markup Renderer | CSV Filetype | dwarf horde plugins: Plugin Browser | ShapeMaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Here's another thing you can do. 1. Install Paint.NET v3.5.11 2. Copy the 3.5.11 folder. e.g. from "C:\Program Files\Paint.NET" to "C:\Program Files\Paint.NET 3.5.11" 3. Install paint.net 4.0 4. Start the installer for 3.5.11 but don't actually install it (just let it sit at the opening page where you select Quick/Custom) 5. In Windows Explorer (aka File Explorer), open the "%TEMP%\PdnSetup" folder 6. Depending on whether you're running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows, open the Native.x86 or Native.x64 folder 7. In there you'll see 2 DLLs and 3 folders. Copy the 3 folders off somewhere convenient, for use in step 9. 8. Close the installer. 9. Next, copy those 3 folders to where you have your copy of Paint.NET 3.5.11 installed This will give Paint.NET v3.5.11 a "local" copy of the VC++ redist that it can use. This should be foolproof -- it's the way the installer is able to use the VC++ redist without having to install it first. 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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