15h February 2024 - MS Paint does not seem to be available, and Content Editing in Preferences only allows change of font etc, no option to add MS Paint

I get the same message, but I am using Adobe Illustrator. Up until a few weeks ago it worked, now recently it doesn't, nothing in the help files. I have uninstalled several times and repaired installation at least 3x, but nothing helps. Is this a recent defect? Version 2023.003.20284

1. Install clasicc paint (https://win7games.com/#mspaint)
2. Open Adobe Acrobat
3. Open Preferences (ctrl + k)
4. Navigate to Content Editing
5. Select Image Editor - This will open a File Explorer Window
6. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Clasicc Paint\mspaint1.exe
7. Or you can Navigate to C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Paint_11XXXXXXXXXx64__XXXXXXXX\PaintApp (there will be many random strings of letters, just ensure it is the X64 folder)
8. OK

I still get the same "cannot start" message using Adobe Nov 2022 (22.3.20282.0) and the newest Win 11 update (version 22H 22621.963). I reboot every morning.

Hi All

This issue is fixed with the new release 22.2.20212, now available. Please update the application from the help menu > check for updates and reboot the computer once.

For more information about the new release please go through the help page https://www.adobe.com/devnet-docs/acrobatetk/tools/ReleaseNotesDC/index.html

Thanks,

Gaurav

I cannot open my microsoft paint and the same pop up keeps occurring. Adobe Acrobat cannot start the image editing application you've specified. Verify the image editing application location on the Content Editing panel in Preferences".

Hey All, this issue popped up because Microsoft changed the default directory for Paint.exe in Windows 11.

1.Open File Explorer
2. Click on View at the top to open the drop down menu, select Show > Hidden Items
3. Open Adobe Acrobat as admin (right click Adobe shortcut and select 'Run as Administrator'
4. Open Preferences (ctrl + k)
5. Navigate to Content Editing
6. Select Image Editor - This will open a File Explorer Window
7. Navigate to C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Paint_11XXXXXXXXXx64__XXXXXXXX\PaintApp (there will be many random strings of letters, just ensure it is the X64 folder)
8. Double click on mspaint.exe to make the association link.
9. Verify you can launch Ms Paint from Adobe and edit properly.

This may need to be repeated after every update to paint because this file directory looks to change each update, whereas it is always located in System32 in previous versions of Windows.

Need to fix this for paint not working in Adobe. I need to be able to draw in Windows 11 paint, but it no longer works after the 11 updates.

I get something similar, How do I fix this. I have attahced the image. I says "You have a newer version of office installed

I am having the same problem but my message says: Before editing an image from Acrobat, go to the Content Editing panel in Preferences and click Choose Image Editor to indicate where an image editing application (for example, Adobe Photoshop) is located on your computer.

Hello,

Thanks for contacting us.

It seems like Sandboxing is ON for you and Acrobat is running in Admin mode.
Can you please try setting this registry and let us know if it works for you ?

Registry name : bEnableEditUsing
Value : 1 to Enable EditUsing functionality , 0 to disable
Data type : REG_DWORD
HKLM path:

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\DC\FeatureLockDown

Regards,
Gaurav