Hi


I cannot open the MS Paint application from here: C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386.? I can open it by copying the MS Paint icon from my i386 folder and pasting it to my USB Drive, but not from the i386.
Its not important just wondering why.



Cheers

I'm pretty sure it's because that's not really paint, like the folder says, it's some kind of "ServiceFiles".

If you notice, mspaint.exe in C:\Windows\System32 is the real mspaint and that runs fine from inside the folder, however the one from ServiceFiles freezes for me, and I'm guessing you have something similar.

Manicd,

Your problem statement is a bit disconcerting, as I am at a loss as to why you would want to make it possible to run an active application from inside your i386 folder which is generally there for the reason of repair installation and protected file replacement when actively run programs become corrupted.

In general, you should not be working in folder i386, nor should you be placing anything into i386 other than the original installation components copied from the Windows CD or Windows backup partition.

You would be well advised to use Control Panel - Add/Remove - Add/Remove Windows Components to create a copy of MSPaint in its appropriate location with all the regular icons for access to Paint.

Thanks Vectris for your helpful contribution.

Best Regards
Doug

Hi Doug, Vectris

Iam now opening paint from this location: C:\WINDOWS\system32. I cant use Control Panel - Add/Remove - Add/Remove Windows method as It cant find the files, including MS Paint.
I think this is of my own doing since I used the disc clean up for windows components and removed the accessories and utilities.


Kind Regards,


Manic D

This post has been edited by manicd: Aug 11 2008, 04:34 AM

Actually I didn't think that you could get to paint from Control Panel > Add/Remove > Add/Remove Windows Components, but tell me this, when you go to Windows Components, do you have Accessories and Utilities at least? If you do, you have to click it once to highlight it and then click details. Then get the details for accessories, and then in that list Paint should show up. Anyways that's for removing paint, which you shouldn't want to do.

Also why do you say your running it from C:\WINDOWS\System32. Yes it can run from there but you shouldn't use that method as you may accidentaly mess something else up in your System32 folder. Just right click mspaint.exe and choose create shortcut. Then scroll to the bottom of the folder and it will be there, click and drag it to your desktop or click it to highlight, press Ctrl + X, then click on an empty spot on your desktop and press Ctrl + V.

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