I had lost my MS Paint on my Windows XP. I restored it. The GOOD (clean) download is on this page. I clicked "save" and saved it under C:\Windows\system32
http://www.sheeptech.com/download-microsoft-paint-recover-missing-copy
Then, what they mean by the error message "create an association using the Folder Options control panel" is this:
In your My Pictures, click on Tools.
Click on Folder Options.
Click on the File Types tab.
Scroll down to find JPE and JPEG image. Hi-light one of those.
Click Advanced.
Click New.
For the "Action," type "Edit."
For the "Application used to perform action," click "Browse" and find your MSPaint file (I put it under C:\Windows\System32\MSPaint
Click "OK" then "OK".
Repeat for the other one (JPE or JPEG), but it should already be filled in automatically after you do the first one.
Close it out, and open one of your pictures and click Edit. It will open in MSPaint. Yay! It's back!
Before this, I contracted a trojan from a BAD download of MSPaint and could not open my C drive, with an error message that "C:\ has an invalid path." Correcting this was a bit tricky, but I did it by following the instructions on this page:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_you_double-click_your_C_drive_it_gives_you_an_option_to_choose_a_program_to_open_with._What_can_you_do_to_open_it_by_double-clicking
Not everything in those instructions applied to my computer, but by doing the parts that did apply, after emptying my waste bin, I again had access to my C-drive !!!
LORD JESUS be loved and glorified, because not only did You help me figure out how to get the darned trojan, and then its bad effects, out of my computer, but You helped me find a good, safe download for just the MS Paint program that I had lost !!! I'm no computer tech at all. I want people to know how much You care about us, if we are just willing to believe in You and turn away from our mortal sins (like fornication, addictions, etc).
