Paint.NET Error: .Net Framework Initialisation Error

Recently, (as in yesterday) my computer crashed. Luckily, we recovered all the files, and everything was fine untill I decided to use Paint.Net.

This Error Came When I Clicked The Icon (In one of those little error boxes):

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.Net Framework Initialisation Error

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\mscorwks.dll could not be loaded
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After installing SP3 and re-installing Paint.Net, exactly the same message up.

My Question:

How do I get Paint up and running again?



I used Paint.Net frequently for my artworks and I would love to get it up and running again by the end of the day



Thanks so much in advance,
TheMaskedBurrito

 

Hi David!! I hope I'm not hijacking. A quick question. When installing these net versions, do you have to go to Add/Remove and remove them first, or can you install over the top??
Thanks! ::wave

 

I'm not Dave, but you should be able to install "over top of them". .net 2,3,4 work together, so to speak. Though, typically, there is no need for them, unless you have an app that requires them. And, when that app, does require them, it will typically install them. If the programmers were smart.

 

Thank you, all of you! When my computer first booted after it crashed Paint.Net was not in the Add\Remove Programs at all and for some odd reason Automic Updates couldnt detect anything that needed to be installed. However, I fixed this shortly afterwards.

When Paint.Net installed it said it would also install the correct .NET framework, so Im quite confused.

Question 2:

How should I go about un-insalling Paint if it isnt in the Add\Remove Programs Thingy?