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MSPaint canvas becomes 0 when opening an empty bitmap image
I can't phrase this better. But you can reproduce this problem by: Create an empty bitmap image file by right clicking in a folder (such as desktop) Open with mspaint MSPaint will report...
Hello. Yes, I did file bug report on feedback hub. A couple of weeks ago. Seems stuck on looking into it status. It is very simple to reproduce. I gave specific version numbers of the 22H2 Paint version that worked and the latest one which doesn’t. All you need to do to see the problem is update Paint from the one installed with Windows 11.
So does the problem lie with paint or Windows? I actually had MS log on to my pc to see where the issue lies, and guess what? MS reply was I don't know.
GoldynChylde in my case, I had the original Paint version from 23H2. All I had to do to break it was update paint. Before the paint update, I had all windows updates already installed. I have another computer with the same problem as well as other test virtual machines. When you right click and get to edit the newly created bitmap icon, after you clear the error about improper argument encountered, paint appears with no canvas and it says it is open with untitled.png where I was testing to open a bitmap. So not even the right file name.
- This is Michael Anderson from the previous comments above...I verified the latest Paint app update from the Microsoft Store fixes this issue.
