# mspaint.exe

Application Process: Microsoft Corporation

Awọn iwe-aṣẹ wiwa iwe-aṣẹ mspaint, paint, microsoft paint

Windows, Application

Microsoft Paint. For current Windows 11 na often di Store Paint app wey still dey bear mspaint.exe. E no be Snipping Tool and e no be Photoshop.

## Wetin you need know

Dis na Paint. SnippingTool.exe na to capture screen. Photoshop.exe na Adobe.

mspaint.exe na Microsoft Paint. Windows 11 Store Paint keep di old image name. If you close am, any drawing wey you never save go lost.

- **E safe?**: Check the running file path, signature, and publisher. Name alone no fit confirm say e safe.

  **E be di same thing as Snipping Tool?**: No

  **I suppose end am?**: You go lose pixels wey you never save

Feex tok say

If na mspaint be di name, I dey treat am as Paint. I no dey go look for Photoshop settings. I no dey delete mspaint to "debloat" system if you still dey paste screenshots put dia.

## Wetin be mspaint.exe?

mspaint.exe na Microsoft Paint. Windows 11 Paint na Store app wey keep di historic executable name.

## Wetin e dey do?

E dey edit raster images. E no dey capture screen. Na ScreenClippingHost.exe or SnippingTool.exe dey do dat one. E no be Photoshop.exe.

## Wetin make am dey run?

You open Paint, or file association open am. Di copy wey dey start when you login na shortcut wey you add by yourself, no be Windows service.

## Inspect the running instance

Inside Windows PowerShell, this read-only query show matching process IDs, creation times and executable paths on this PC. (pcm)

`Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Process | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq 'mspaint.exe' } | Select-Object ProcessId, ParentProcessId, CreationDate, Name, ExecutablePath | Format-List`

No result or a path we no fit access is inconclusive. Protected processes fit restrict access, and process IDs fit be reused. Keep personal paths local. (pcm)

Use the [file-identity guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/) to compare signatures and product metadata. A filename alone no fit establish safety. (pcm)

## E dey safe?

Check dis running file

Di Microsoft.Paint package or System32 mspaint.exe for older Windows na Paint. Any mspaint.exe wey dey near crack no be am at all.

Compare the recorded location with the actual file. A familiar folder alone no fit establish identity. (pcm)

`C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Paint_*\PaintApp\mspaint.exe`

- Windows 11 Store Paint
- Older Windows: System32\mspaint.exe
- No be Snipping Tool

## I fit end am?

E dey close Paint

To end mspaint.exe go make you lose unsaved pixels. E no dey uninstall Paint and e no dey close Snipping Tool.

## I fit comot am?

Uninstall Paint from Apps

Uninstall Paint from Settings > Apps. No delete files under WindowsApps with your hand. SnippingTool.exe na different package entirely.

## E suppose start with Windows?

On demand, except say you pin am as Startup shortcut.

## Measure resource use

| CPU and memory   | Compare several observations for the same PID and workload. This entry get no independently measured universal baseline. (pcm)               |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Disk and network | Attribute activity to the actual process and current task; a filename alone no fit establish expected destinations or transfer volume. (pcm) |

## File information

| Executable name            | mspaint.exe                                                                        |
| -------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Recorded installation path | C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Paint\_\*\PaintApp\mspaint.exe              |
| Publisher                  | Microsoft Corporation                                                              |
| Signature check            | Inspect the actual file; this entry no dey certify its certificate identity. (pcm) |

## Common wahala dem

### People dey search for System32\mspaint on Windows 11

Store Paint don move. Di image name still remain.

### Dem dey confuse am with Snipping Tool

Paint na to edit. Snipping Tool na to capture screen. Win+Shift+S na ScreenClippingHost first.

## How to troubleshoot

Diagnose before you change anything wey fit scatter things.

### Start > Paint if di exe path look like WindowsApps

Dat one na normal thing for current Windows 11.

### No download Paint from third-party exe site

Use di Store or Optional features.

## Technical details

Technical details

| Image name | mspaint.exe     |
| ---------- | --------------- |
| Product    | Microsoft Paint |

## Check the identity of running file

A filename alone no fit establish safety. Verify the actual path, signature and product identity. (pcm)

## Related

Dis entities connect to dis article. Type dey show for every link.

[SnippingTool.exe: Windows Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/snippingtool.exe/)[notepad.exe: Application Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/notepad.exe/)[photoshop.exe: Application Process](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/process/photoshop.exe/)[Check an executable path and digital signature: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/verify-executable-path-signature/)[Read Task Manager and compare process activity: Guide](https://feex.it/wiki/l/pcm/software/system/how-to-read-task-manager/)[Application processes: Category](https://feex.it/wiki/process/application/)

## Sources and verification

Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification. [How we dey do research](https://feex.it/wiki/research/).

- [Microsoft Support: Paint ](https://support.microsoft.com/windows/get-microsoft-paint)· Paint app
- [Microsoft Store: Paint ](https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9wzdncrd029p)· Store package wey still dey bear mspaint
- [Foxhole process map ](https://foxhole.feex.it/)· First-party samples on top Windows PCs. No be lab benchmark.
- [Microsoft Sysinternals: Sigcheck ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/sigcheck)· Dey explain how to check file signatures. Dis reference no establish the identity or safety of any particular running file.
- [Microsoft: Get-CimInstance ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/cimcmdlets/get-ciminstance)· Read-only local process-query method. (pcm)
- [Microsoft: Win32_Process properties ](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/cimwin32prov/win32-process)· Documents process IDs, executable paths, creation dates and parent-ID reuse. (pcm)

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- **Type**: Windows Process

  **Publisher**: Microsoft Corporation

  **Executable**: mspaint.exe

  **Typical path**: C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Paint\_\*\PaintApp\mspaint.exe

  **Record context**: Feex Wiki reference entry

Recorded source status: Feex Reviewed: Recorded source label: August 2026. Dis label no establish independent verification.

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