He probably say, 'bahaha, not anytime soon'. Wait for Rick to come up with a huge Paint.NET portable package that includes a portable version of the. Only run Paint.NET on a machine that I have admin rights on.Ĭreate a virtual image of windows for a Type 1 hypervisor such as VirtualBox, specifically for Paint.NET, which I have admin rights on. Works but less features and not upgradeable. NET framework that is installed on the machine I want to run it on. Only run a version of Paint.NET that requires only the version of the. NET registry entries are in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive, which is accessible only to admin accounts. NET framework package myself, I poked around in the registry on a machine I do have admin rights on. Trying to figure out how to create a portable. I then googled for a portable version of the. I then edited the INI file just to see what would happen. NET version 4.0 installed (I am a grad student). I tried to run its current version on a school computer, which only has.

However, despite many websites claiming the contrary, Paint.NET is NOT necessarily portable to all machines. I am certain that there is great interest in a portable version of Paint.NET that will run for users without installation on machines which they don't have admin rights on, because of its quality. I adore Paint.NET and think it is the most intuitive windows app I have ever encountered. in Applied Computing, and have been a programmer/analyst for well over 40 years.

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