Paint.NET 3.5.10 Final Portable.zip
Vita Strait
...NK, I am not a technical noob. I have a B.S. in Applied Computing, and have been a programmer/analyst for well over 40 years. I adore Paint.NET and think it is the most intuitive windows app I have ever encountered.
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. However, despite many websites claiming the contrary, Paint.NET is NOT necessarily portable to all machines. I tried to run its current version on a school computer, which only has .NET version 4.0 installed (I am a grad student). It told me I had to have .NET version 4.6. I then edited the INI file just to see what would happen. Paint.NET displayed an error and quit. I then googled for a portable version of the .NET framework. Couldn't find one. Trying to figure out how to create a portable .NET framework package myself, I poked around in the registry on a machine I do have admin rights on. All .NET registry entries are in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE hive, which is accessible only to admin accounts.
Because the idea of portability isn't just about being portable. It's also about NOT having to install software on your system that increases aspects that slow it down. Also, it's a very cumbersome and time consuming way of doing things. With several apps I have updating this way is a hassle. Not to mention the many other apps that require manual updates.
I only have 4 things installed, in the traditional sense, on my PC. 3 drivers (Korg Electribe, MiniNova, ASIO4ALL) and a GOG game. Incidentally these are mostly portable too, but once it's beaten I uninstall it cleanly.
I wouldn't think it's too much hassle for Rick (the dev?) to add a third download on the download page for a portable zipped version. I would imagine he already has it permanently installed for testing new releases? So for him to zip that install and add to the website shouldn't add much to his workload. Sorry, I don't mean to sound ungrateful, just that it seems a small task that would help so many people out. ?
This limited portability is Microsoft's miscalculation, not Rick's. Microsoft assumed that everybody would have .NET on every Windows machine, and that those would all stay updated. That actually has mostly -- but not entirely --- happened. But... some people or organizations will always be behind the curve. And since Microsoft keeps improving .NET and increasing the version numbers, the target PC must be running at least a certain level of .NET so that the functions called by Paint.Net would be present.
...aaamen. Also, Those of us in corporate environments, especially hardened corporate environments, almost always DO NOT have the admin rights necessary to install software on work machines, and even if they do, usually they have to clear it with corporate security first before being allowed to install it. Often, corporate security simply does not allow employees (except developers) to install unapproved software on corporate equipment at all.
I am lucky. My employer, even though I work in a hardened corporate environment, recognizes that I am a developer/engineer and should get some leeway in this area. So, whenever there is an update to paint.net:
- Find about 2 hours on a weekend, then tediously sift and hunt and peck through the hundreds of forum posts to see if the author of the plugin has a post that has the download link to the update. If I can't find it, I abandon hope for that plugin and delete it. Usually, I find a post saying the plugin has been updated, then I sift and hunt and peck through the hundreds of additional forum posts to see if I can find the download link. If I find that, I replace the old dll.
A tedious process, but there is simply no better alternative to Photoshop than paint.net, so it's worth it, because I only use Photoshop for major projects. Paint.net is just fine for the other 99.99%. On Windows. On the Mac, or Android, that's another story, I have several quality bitmap and vector apps I can use there.
...I'm guessing this is for the freeware version. Also, this link doesn't appear to have a link to a plugin repository where plugin authors can post their binaries and updates...did anyone step up to the plate and volunteer to maintain such a repository? (sorry, I've been away from the forums for awhile)
...Also, it appears that you are the author of the only way to manage plugins in paint.net, PluginsData.dll. But your link in your signature points to a post that dates back to 2016. Is there a link to the latest and greatest version of your pluginpack, where I can get the latest version of the Plugin Browser...?
7) You must be using the latest version of Paint.NET, available here. This is a requirement. If you want to stay with an older version then that is your right, but we cannot help you. If you are unable to upgrade, then please post in the troubleshooting section.
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