Recently we told you how can you get old Wordpad working in Windows 7:
How to Get the Good Old Wordpad (without Ribbons) Working in Windows 7
Now its turn of MS Paint.
Get Old Paint working in Windows 7:
If you have Windows Vista installed along with Windows 7, you can directly run the "mspaint.exe" file present in "%windir%\System32" folder and it'll run the old Paint without any problem.
You can also create a shortcut of this file at Desktop or in Startmenu so that you can easily access it.
But if you want to completely replace the new Paint in Windows 7 with the old Paint, then you can follow these simple and easy to use steps:
1. Open following folder:
%windir%\System32
You can open it by typing the path in RUN dialog box and press Enter.
2. Now take ownership of "mspaint.exe" file. To take ownership, please follow this tutorial:
Add Take Ownership Option in File / Folder Context Menu in Windows Vista and 7
3. Now rename the "mspaint.exe" file to "mspaint_backup.exe".
4. Now go to "en-US" folder and take ownership of "mspaint.exe.mui" file. After taking ownership rename the file to "mspaint_backup.exe.mui".
5. Now copy "mspaint.exe" file from Vista and paste it in "%windir%\System32" folder.
Do the same thing for "mspaint.exe.mui" file, copy it from Vista and paste in "%windir%\System32\en-US" folder.
That's it. Now Windows 7 will start using the old Paint.
If you want to use the new Paint later, simply delete the new "mspaint.exe" and "mspaint.exe.mui" files and then rename the backup files to their default names.
NOTE: If you don't have Windows Vista installed, you can download the required "mspaint.exe" and "mspaint.exe.mui" files from following link:
This article was posted in Windows 7.
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Vasu
thats a nice work Vishal...please post on mw as well so that those who frequently visit there update themselves...and haan if u cn look into my problem i m hvng in windows 7 Games association it would b gr8
Someone
Can you post MS Paint with the ribbons for Vista?
VG
^^ atm its not possible. But who knows may be someone will port it to Vista or even XP?
heh
ribbons SUX!
sm0k3
to heh...
Windows itself sux (I use Linux)
Daghead
Thanks a lot for this. Overall I welcome 7's improvements to Paint, though I missed a few features like invert, or pixel editing with the line tool.
I wanted both, but didn't have Vista so I did what following the instructions in this
http://www.mediafire.com/?znwjftuz7zu
does (don't know how long the link will last). I encourage you to add this to your post so some folks won't have to modify the registry.
MAGNUMHEART
can i have the ms paint (vista) in my XP? ^^
VG
^^ Sure. Please wait for a few hours and I'll upload the hacked version very soon.
Zam478
whenever i try to open paint it says "Cannot create new document" how do i fix this?
VG
^^ Have you also replaced .MUI file?