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Ricaz
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RE: Paint Seems Corrupted - Often Won't Open & Interferes with Shutdow
I've got the same problem on an IBM T43p, re-booting brings it back but I
have to completely repeat all the steps that I was intending to use paint
for. I've sent hundreds of Error Reports to Microsoft. I sepnd more time
sending Error Reports than I do running useful applications . . .
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Ricaz, T43p
"Daiwa" wrote:
> I have a Fujitsu notebook with OEM XP SP1, with all available updates (except
> SP2). For some time now, MSPaint has been intermittently (1/2 to 2/3 of the
> time) failing to launch when run from a StartMenu shortcut, when launched
> from the Run... dialog, when double-clicked in Explorer, or when launched
> from a link in another program which uses it as an image editor. The
> hourglass will spin for 5-8 seconds then nothing. I can click repeatedly on
> the lauch shortcut and eventually it will open, but might take a dozen
> attempts. MSPaint will then function normally. After it fails to open one
> or more times in a computing session, Shutdown will hang immediately after
> clicking OK in the ShutDown Dialog - a hard power-off shutdown is the only
> thing that works at that point. I've been observing this behavior for
> several months now and can see no pattern other than the above, that the
> shutdown problem only occurs after the MSPaint launch failure occurs. I'd be
> grateful for any suggestions. Next step is to try uninstall/reinstall of
> MSPaint, I suppose.
I've got the same problem on an IBM T43p, re-booting brings it back but I
have to completely repeat all the steps that I was intending to use paint
for. I've sent hundreds of Error Reports to Microsoft. I sepnd more time
sending Error Reports than I do running useful applications . . .
--
Ricaz, T43p
"Daiwa" wrote:
> I have a Fujitsu notebook with OEM XP SP1, with all available updates (except
> SP2). For some time now, MSPaint has been intermittently (1/2 to 2/3 of the
> time) failing to launch when run from a StartMenu shortcut, when launched
> from the Run... dialog, when double-clicked in Explorer, or when launched
> from a link in another program which uses it as an image editor. The
> hourglass will spin for 5-8 seconds then nothing. I can click repeatedly on
> the lauch shortcut and eventually it will open, but might take a dozen
> attempts. MSPaint will then function normally. After it fails to open one
> or more times in a computing session, Shutdown will hang immediately after
> clicking OK in the ShutDown Dialog - a hard power-off shutdown is the only
> thing that works at that point. I've been observing this behavior for
> several months now and can see no pattern other than the above, that the
> shutdown problem only occurs after the MSPaint launch failure occurs. I'd be
> grateful for any suggestions. Next step is to try uninstall/reinstall of
> MSPaint, I suppose.