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Oct 15, 20232 min read

Where is Paint on Windows 10?



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Paint is located at C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exe on Windows 10


The rest of this post shows how to answer the question, Where is Paint on Windows 10?


Steps


# Launch Run:

Windows Key + r


# Type in the Run box:

cmd /k where mspaint

# You'll see the location:

C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exe


C:\Users\Zach Pfeffer>


Exact Version


Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3570]


(from the first line of a new cmd.exe window)



Additional


Add a Paint shortcut to the Desktop


# Right-click on the desktop and select New > Shortcut

Create a Shortcut Screenshot

# Enter mspaint and click Next

Create the shortcut screen shot

# Click Finish

Name the shortcut and finish creating it


Get cmd Help

cmd /?

cmd Help:

Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter

CMD [/A | /U] [/Q] [/D] [/E:ON | /E:OFF] [/F:ON | /F:OFF] [/V:ON | /V:OFF]
    [[/S] [/C | /K] string]

/C      Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates
/K      Carries out the command specified by string but remains
/S      Modifies the treatment of string after /C or /K (see below)
/Q      Turns echo off
/D      Disable execution of AutoRun commands from registry (see below)
/A      Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be ANSI
/U      Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be
        Unicode
/T:fg   Sets the foreground/background colors (see COLOR /? for more info)
/E:ON   Enable command extensions (see below)
/E:OFF  Disable command extensions (see below)
/F:ON   Enable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/F:OFF  Disable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/V:ON   Enable delayed environment variable expansion using ! as the
        delimiter. For example, /V:ON would allow !var! to expand the
        variable var at execution time.  The var syntax expands variables
        at input time, which is quite a different thing when inside of a FOR
        loop.
/V:OFF  Disable delayed environment expansion.

Note that multiple commands separated by the command separator '&&'
are accepted for string if surrounded by quotes.  Also, for compatibility
reasons, /X is the same as /E:ON, /Y is the same as /E:OFF and /R is the
Press any key to continue . . .

cmd is also documented here:




References


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