Spikehead777 Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I am unable to run or reinstall Paint.NET Just now, I had to do a system restore because I was unable to access the internet due to a recent spyware/malware incident. I have cleaned up my system of the spyware/malware problem after I did the system restore. When I tried running Paint.NET a couple of times about 5 minutes ago, all of the attempts resulted in crashes. Usually when I dislike a program or a program stops working, I will delete the program's main folder off my computer, and if I like the program, I'll reinstall the program again. So I deleted Paint.NET's folder of the computer, and attempted to reinstall it. It will show the first dialog box (extraction I assume), and crash. I tried a couple of times. I had a look in one of the topics that had a Windows Installer clean-up utility, but that utility didn't help. Can you guys help? Quote Wii Friend Codes (PM me with yours if you use mine): Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 0087-3452-9356 Mario Kart Wii: 2234-8268-1808 Guitar Hero World Tour: 403891994256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 I will delete the program's main folder off my computer Never a good idea, you should use add/remove programs to uninstall programs. Move to Troubleshooting & Bug Reports. Quote All creations Ash + Paint.NET [ Googlepage | deviantArt | Club PDN | PDN Fan ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted April 15, 2008 Share Posted April 15, 2008 Try this: viewtopic.php?f=10&t=21084 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikehead777 Posted April 18, 2008 Author Share Posted April 18, 2008 I am able to reinstall and run Paint.NET again. The problem was, I went back so far in system restore (because the last time I installed something was 3 weeks ago...it created a point then), that there apparently was a change in Microsoft's .NET Framework, and it corrupted 2.0 and above, of the framework. Trying to reinstall the framework was >_>, because I couldn't reinstall 3.0 again because it needed 2.0, and I couldn't reinstall 2.0 because it wouldn't remove in the first place. More proof that system restore creates more problems than getting rid of them. With my recent malware/spyware incident, I have found my own solution to it. I have solved this problem, and so now this topic can die peacefully. *tears in eyes* Quote Wii Friend Codes (PM me with yours if you use mine): Super Smash Bros. Brawl: 0087-3452-9356 Mario Kart Wii: 2234-8268-1808 Guitar Hero World Tour: 403891994256 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted April 18, 2008 Share Posted April 18, 2008 More proof that system restore creates more problems than getting rid of them. No. It's proof that you should just use the uninstaller instead of blasting away files like that. 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...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.