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The following procedure also worked for me on Windows 11.


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JJBowksDeLaRosa writes on a community forum on October 28, 2017:

This is the only thing that worked for me in getting 
Paint Shop Pro 4.12 to work on Windows 10 Creators Edition.

1. Clicked Windows key +R.

2. Typed in regedit, and opened it.

3. In RegEdit.exe I went to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JASC.

  a. Navigate to it by clicking the ">" before "HKEY_CURRENT_USER."

  b. Then under that, the ">" before "Software."

  c. Then the ">" before "JASC."

4. All those entries have to go.

5. So double click on "JASC."

6. Go to the "Edit" menu item on top.

7. Select "Delete"

8. In the "Confirm Key Delete" message that says "Are you sure 
you want to permanently delete this key and all of its subkeys?" 
click on the "Yes" button.

9. Close RegEdit and reboot your machine.

Now open your Paint Shop Pro and voilà it works!
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My note:  You won't be able to choose Paint Shop Pro 4.12 as
your default program for opening any type of image file; nor
will you have the option to choose it when right-clicking on
an image file to open.  That is a minor nuisance.  Just open
files from within Paint Shop Pro 4.12.  Same is true for using
the "browse" function -- do it from within Paint Shop Pro 4.12.


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