jeffrok Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Hello, when trying to open files using File > Open in paint.net v3.10 and the version previous to it, Paint.net locks up, and just sits there.. When I vew its activity in task manager, Paint.net is using 76% to over 94% of the CPU. It hangs for quite awhile before I decide to end the program through task manager. This has not always happened to me- I'm not sure when it started. I used Paint.net about 4 or 5 months ago with no such problems.. When opening a file using Explorer (right clicking on the file and selecting "Open with Paint.net") this does not occur. Any help would be appreciated.. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frojo Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 viewtopic.php?f=10&t=20136 Quote I'm still alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrok Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Nope, this is during File > Open, not File > New.. That trick didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Frojo Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 I thought it might. You tried what Rick suggested in that thread, right? Anyways, ive got no idea what the problem is. Im sure some else might. Quote I'm still alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrok Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Yeah, tried it.. No matter what file I try to open with File > Open, it just hangs after double-clicking on the filename, requiring an End Task on Paintdotnet.exe Print-Screen does nothing when it locks.. BTW I've tried uninstalling and re-installing, to no avail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoneer Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 When u try to open it, where is it trying to open it from. For example, is it trying to open it from the Desktop? Let me know, because this sounds very similar to a problem I had about a month ago. I may be able to help remedy the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrok Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Yes, it's the Desktop.. Though i believe any location will lock up, I know for a fact that the desktop is a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 More stuff on desktop = slower you system = not good. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoneer Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 First, if possible try to change the locaiton to My Pictures. If you're able to make it stay to where it opens in My Pictures and it doesn't lock-up, that means there's a strong possibility that there is one or more files in a folder on your Desktop that is causing it. If this is the case, change the Open location back to the Desktop to allow it to lock-up again. Drag a row or two or three of files to My Documents from each folder at a time and reopen Paint.Net. Keep doing this until it no longer locks-up, of course, keeping an close eye out on the last set of files that you moved. Then, move a few files at a time back to the Desktop, moving the ones that have no effect back to My Documents until you find the file(s) that is creating the problem. Then at this point you can decide whether to delete it or keep it in My Documents (as long as you don't attempt to Open or Save in the same location as the problem file(s)) where it won't affect Paint.Net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrok Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Thanks for the suggestions, but it appears that no matter WHICH folder I naviagate to, as soon as I try to double-click a file to open it, Paint.net locks up after the double-click. Right now, I just went to My Pictures, tried to open a tiny jpg of homer simpson and all it did was lock up. Now if I ALT-TAB, Paint.net is not one of the ALT-TAB icons available, even though "Untitled (100%) -..." is still on the taskbar (from Paint.net).. So it appears the program is there, but not really there, or something. If it's not available as an ALT-TAB option, what could that mean? I might try to uninstall, delete the Paint.net folder, run CCLEANER (a registry/system cleanup util) and try to install this again.. I'll let you know if that does any good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrok Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 Here is what it looks like when I double click on a file.. The file list disappears, and any Windows open in Paint.net go blank.. At this point my cpu utilization jumps to over 90%.. And bounces between 75 and 90+%.. Check the attached image.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrok Posted September 7, 2007 Author Share Posted September 7, 2007 When I open a file using the method ibelow, I have no problems opening any type of file... Right-Click on the file in explorer, select "open with" and browse to C:\Program Files\Paint.net\paintdotnet.exe So I don't know.. Maybe I just do it this way for the time being- but it would be nice if someone could give me a fix for this.. Thanks, Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Sounds to me like you have a shell extension that is playing havoc. This is not actually a Paint.NET issue, and you might even have the same issue if you try to use regular Paint. 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...
Dragoneer Posted September 7, 2007 Share Posted September 7, 2007 Your problem seems similar to my recent one, but I resolved it by the solution I gave to you. Do you have .Net Framework 2.0 installed on your computer? If you do, maybe you can try this solution from something I copied and pasted from a post I made several months ago concerning a different issue than the one I had a month or so ago. Here it is: I read it and it turns out I never knew about trying to repair .Net Framework in Add or Remove Programs by clicking on Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0, then click on Change/Remove, then click on the Repair radio button, then click Next... I repaired it, then reinstalled (did not uninstall-instructions did not say to) it and... low and behold, it worked!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrok Posted September 8, 2007 Author Share Posted September 8, 2007 I fixed it!! It was a thing called Coolplayer. It's a tiny little MP3 player, and I removed all the registry settings for its context menus.. After I rebooted, I tried a file>open in Paint.net and had no problems. Thanks for all of your suggestions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffrok Posted September 8, 2007 Author Share Posted September 8, 2007 Nevermind.. I thought that fixed it.. It made it a little better. Going to work on the other context menu entries to see if those are the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoneer Posted September 23, 2007 Share Posted September 23, 2007 Sorry I took so long to reply. I thought it was solved. I checked back for several days after your second to last post and didn't see another post. Have you totally solved the problem now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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