Windows 10: Paint opens every time I try to save a PNG file

Discus and support Paint opens every time I try to save a PNG file in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; I like to save pictures I run across on the internet. For the longest time whenever I saved a PNG file, I'd go to it in the file after and reopen that... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by ClaytonDehmer, Aug 22, 2021.

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    ClaytonDehmer Win User

    Paint opens every time I try to save a PNG file


    I like to save pictures I run across on the internet. For the longest time whenever I saved a PNG file, I'd go to it in the file after and reopen that file in paint to change it to a JPEG. Now Paint opens all on its own as soon as I click save from Chrome. I don't know why its doing this, I have uninstalled and reinstalled Paint and the problem remains

    :)
     
    ClaytonDehmer, Aug 22, 2021
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    Michelle Vil Win User

    Paint

    Hi,

    We understand that you want to change a specific file format to .jpg using Paint app. To perform that, just follow the simple steps:

    • Open the image or the file to Paint app.
    • On Paint app, click File.
    • Select Save as and choose JPEG picture.

    Feel free to update us with the results.
     
    Michelle Vil, Aug 22, 2021
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    hvaleton Win User
    MS Paint "Save as" location is NOT the file source location


    Hi,

    In Windows 8.1 (and as far as I can remember in all previous Windows versions) I used to be able to do the following:
    • In Windows Explorer: Open a .jpg file from anywhere in my file system, by right mouse clicking and choosing "edit"
    • After editing: "Save as" (press F12) and save the edited file IN ITS ORIGINAL LOCATION but under a different name.
    Now, in Windows 10, the situation is different:
    • In Windows Explorer I open a .jpg file from anywhere in my file system by right mouse clicking and choosing "edit"
    • After editing: "Save as" (F12) opens a dialogue box that suggests I save the file, NOT in its original location, but in a location that is either the default "pictures" directory or the directory that was previously used as a "save as" location in Paint (these locations are stored in the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Recent File List")

    Now I'd like very much to get the old, Windows 8 type situation back because this does not work for me! It's very inconvenient to have to scroll and click my way through the "save as" dialogue box until I finally find the directory where the edited file was stored in the first place! Why o why does Windows not remember this location?
    I've searched through the internet but it seems nobody else has this problem. I've searched the registry for the word "paint" but was not able to find a setting that would suggest to have some influence on the default saving location of Paint.

    Can someone please, please help me? It's driving me nuts! And it's sooo frustrating knowing that it used to work like a charm in WIN8.1 and before.

    To clarify the difficulty I experience I perhaps should add that the jpg files I most frequently edit are located on shares on my NAS in paths such as:
    M:\1_KLAS\Bach\Kerk\Jos van Veldhoven\Matthäus Passion, BWV 244 (24-88 2010)\scans\001.jpg
    As you can see, that's buried quite deeply into the file system! And so it costs all the more time and effort to find my way back from the previously edited jpg, say:
    M:\1_KLAS\Bruckner\Orkest\Chailly\Symfonie Nr.6 & Wolf - 4 Goethe Lieder (Goerne, KCO)\scans\001.jpg

    P.S. I read somewhere that the "save as" dialogue boxes for Paint and Notepad should be basically the same. But... when I use Notepad to edit some txt file and afterwards use the "save as" option, it does direct me to the original location of the edited file, just as it used to do in Windows 8.1! That tells me that it should still be possible to get the old "save as" behaviour back for Paint. (Or am I being too optimistic here?)
    P.P.S. F12 does not work anymore in Notepad. You have to go through the menu "File" -> "Save as..." That's also a pain in the ass

    Which registry key will do the trick for me?
     
    hvaleton, Aug 22, 2021
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    Rachelle Gra Win User

    Paint opens every time I try to save a PNG file

    Rotate a photo in Fresh Paint

    Hi,

    Rotating a photo within Fresh paint is currently unavailable. However, you may try these steps:

    • Save the paint file.
    • Open File Explorer.
    • Open the location on where you saved the file.
    • Right click on the paint file. Click on Rotate right or
      rotate left.

    Let us know if you need further assistance.
     
    Rachelle Gra, Aug 22, 2021
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