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05-Aug-2006, 03:43 PM #1
Exclamation Paint.net won't install or uninstall. Help!
My problem is that I get error messages when trying to install or uninstall Paint.net. The problem may have started with uninstalling Net Framework 2.0 before I uninstalled Paint.net, but now I cant get it to run. I tried re-installing Net Framework then attempted to uninstall Paint.net but that had no effect.
I get the following error messages:
"A network error occured while attempting to read from the file C:\Program Files\Paint.net\Staging\PaintDoNet_1884892242.msi."

"There is a problem with this windows installer package. A program required for this install to complete could not be run."

Please help as I really want Paint.net to work again!
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05-Aug-2006, 03:51 PM #2
What is Paint.net?

Where did Net framework come from?
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05-Aug-2006, 03:53 PM #3
Paint.net is an image editor. My net framework came from microsoft.com.
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06-Aug-2006, 02:18 AM #4
if you reinstalled Net Framework 2.0 try reinstalling paint.net. some times that might fix it. or it might help to uninstall it
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06-Aug-2006, 08:19 AM #5
most certainly ive tried that. Ive gone through everything i could find to fix this, looked through log files, searched the registry, checked services and permissions, system restore, nothing has helped. The only thing i found was a reference to a program called "NGen", which i have no idea what that is, but it seems to have everything to do with my problem, I think anyway.
I doubt anyone can help me with this, this was my last resort, posting on these forums. My problem is probably so unique that it can only be fixed by re-installing windows. I would pay for another solution.
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06-Aug-2006, 12:36 PM #6
have you checked this place yet?
http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/index.php
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06-Aug-2006, 01:08 PM #7
Ngen
info here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/04/NGen/

may be aproblem with the .NET install
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07-Aug-2006, 12:13 AM #8
well, easier than i thought, problem solved thanks to this little program.
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;290301
thanks.
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07-Aug-2006, 11:10 AM #9
Can you post a link where you downloaded or purchased Paint.net? I can't find anything on the web about this application.
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07-Aug-2006, 11:24 AM #10
Here you go DoubleHelix, I found this link stickied in the forum
wilson44512 mentioned in his post.

Paint.NET

Looks like it has a very respectable list of features for something that is open source and free to use.
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