• No, MS Paint is NOT disappearing from Windows 10

    Posted on July 24, 2017 at 10:31 CDT by • Comment in the Forums

    Arrrrgh.

    I see so much BS floating around. The coverage on this has been atrocious. No, you aren’t going to lose MS Paint.

    Microsoft has released a list of features that are removed or deprecated in Win 10 1709, the (North American) Fall Creators Update due in September or October. It’s important to understand:

    • Removed = Doesn’t ship with 1709. In some cases, there may be ways (varying degrees of difficulty) to put the feature back in 1709.
    • Deprecated = It’s still in 1709, but Microsoft isn’t putting any effort into improving or fixing it.

    A good example of the former is 3D Builder. I never used it, I doubt that you ever used it, and it’s being replaced by Paint 3D (which I won’t use either). Big yawner.

    A good example of the latter is MS Paint. It’ll still be in 1709, but you shouldn’t expect any changes to it, or support for it. As if it has had any changes or support in the past decade or so anyway. I use it. I’ll continue to use it.

    Some of you may feel nostalgic for Outlook Express, which is in the “Removed” category, but Microsoft hasn’t supported or updated OE for a decade, as well.

    System Image Backup (the Win7-era “ghost” backup capability, built into Windows) is going on the Deprecated list, but MS hasn’t fixed or improved it in nigh on a decade, either.

    One important feature that’s getting the axe: EMET. As Kirsty mentioned early this morning, there are some significant repercussions.

    UPDATE: Just noticed that Paul Thurrott posted an accurate summary of the events yesterday.

    ANOTHER UPDATE: Microsoft saw the controversy and felt moved to issue a clarification. MS Paint, it seems, will be in the Store, available for free.

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