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  1. Adobe is not opening paint program when I select "Edit Using" "Microsoft Paint".

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    11 comments  ·  Acrobat for Windows and Mac » Editing PDFs  ·  Admin →
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    Resolved  ·  amukherj responded

    Happy to share that this issue has been addressed in the latest release (Sep 2022)

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    TempAdobe2131 commented  · 

    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.