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 . . .

--

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.