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Downloads:
1,621,914
Downloads of v 4.2.11:
14,538
Last Update:
21 May 2020
Package Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Rick Brewster
- dotPDN
Tags:
paint.net photo editing paint graphics image freeware admin- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software License
- Software Docs
- Software Mailing List
- Package Specific:
- Package Source
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download

Paint.NET
This is not the latest version of Paint.NET available.
- Software Specific:
- Software Site
- Software License
- Software Docs
- Software Mailing List
- Package Specific:
- Package Source
- Package outdated?
- Package broken?
- Contact Maintainers
- Contact Site Admins
- Software Vendor?
- Report Abuse
- Download
Downloads:
1,621,914
Downloads of v 4.2.11:
14,538
Maintainer(s):
Software Author(s):
- Rick Brewster
- dotPDN
Edit Package
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Chocolatey's Community Package Repository currently does not allow updating package metadata on the website. This helps ensure that the package itself (and the source used to build the package) remains the one true source of package metadata.
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Paint.NET 4.2.11
This is not the latest version of Paint.NET available.
This Package Contains an Exempted Check
1 Test Passing and 1 Exempted Test
Validation Testing Passed
Verification Testing Exempt:
Due to dependency on .Net Framework 4.7.1, this needs to be exempted from installation testing.
To install Paint.NET, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To upgrade Paint.NET, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
To uninstall Paint.NET, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:
NOTE: This applies to both open source and commercial editions of Chocolatey.
1. Ensure you are set for organizational deployment
Please see the organizational deployment guide
2. Get the package into your environment-
Open Source or Commercial:
- Proxy Repository - Create a proxy nuget repository on Nexus, Artifactory Pro, or a proxy Chocolatey repository on ProGet. Point your upstream to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2. Packages cache on first access automatically. Make sure your choco clients are using your proxy repository as a source and NOT the default community repository. See source command for more information.
- You can also just download the package and push it to a repository Download
-
Open Source
- Download the Package Download
- Follow manual internalization instructions
-
Package Internalizer (C4B)
- Run
choco download paint.net --internalize --version=4.2.11 --source=https://chocolatey.org/api/v2
(additional options) - Run
choco push --source="'http://internal/odata/repo'"
for package and dependencies - Automate package internalization
- Run
3. Enter your internal repository url
(this should look similar to https://chocolatey.org/api/v2)
4. Choose your deployment method:
choco upgrade paint.net -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'" [other options]
See options you can pass to upgrade.
See best practices for scripting.
Add this to a PowerShell script or use a Batch script with tools and in places where you are calling directly to Chocolatey. If you are integrating, keep in mind enhanced exit codes.
If you do use a PowerShell script, use the following to ensure bad exit codes are shown as failures:
choco upgrade paint.net -y --source="'STEP 3 URL'"
$exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
Write-Verbose "Exit code was $exitCode"
$validExitCodes = @(0, 1605, 1614, 1641, 3010)
if ($validExitCodes -contains $exitCode) {
Exit 0
}
Exit $exitCode
- name: Ensure paint.net installed
win_chocolatey:
name: paint.net
state: present
version: 4.2.11
source: STEP 3 URL
See docs at https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/modules/win_chocolatey_module.html.
Coming early 2020! Central Managment Reporting available now! More information...
chocolatey_package 'paint.net' do
action :install
version '4.2.11'
source 'STEP 3 URL'
end
See docs at https://docs.chef.io/resource_chocolatey_package.html.
Chocolatey::Ensure-Package
(
Name: paint.net,
Version: 4.2.11,
Source: STEP 3 URL
);
Requires Otter Chocolatey Extension. See docs at https://inedo.com/den/otter/chocolatey.
cChocoPackageInstaller paint.net
{
Name = 'paint.net'
Ensure = 'Present'
Version = '4.2.11'
Source = 'STEP 3 URL'
}
Requires cChoco DSC Resource. See docs at https://github.com/chocolatey/cChoco.
package { 'paint.net':
provider => 'chocolatey',
ensure => '4.2.11',
source => 'STEP 3 URL',
}
Requires Puppet Chocolatey Provider module. See docs at https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/chocolatey.
salt '*' chocolatey.install paint.net version="4.2.11" source="STEP 3 URL"
See docs at https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.chocolatey.html.
5. If applicable - Chocolatey configuration/installation
See infrastructure management matrix for Chocolatey configuration elements and examples.
This package was approved as a trusted package on 21 May 2020.
Paint.NET is free image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows.
It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers,
unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
An active and growing online community provides friendly help, tutorials, and plugins.
Features
- Simple, intuitive, and innovative user interface
- Performance
- Support for layers
- Unlimited history
- Active Online Community
- Automatically Updated
- Special Effects
- Powerful Tools
Paint.NET (R)
Copyright (C) dotPDN LLC, Rick Brewster, and contributors. All Rights Reserved.
Paint.NET is a registered trademark of dotPDN LLC.
Paint.NET is free for use in any environment, including but not necessarily limited to: personal, academic, commercial, government, business, non-profit, and for-profit. "Free" in the preceding sentence means that there is no cost or charge associated with the installation and use of paint.net. Donations are always appreciated, of course! http://www.getpaint.net/donate.html
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software (the "Software"), to use the Software without restriction, including the rights to use, copy, publish, and distribute the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
You may not modify, adapt, rent, lease, loan, sell, or create derivative works based upon the Software or any part thereof. However, certain icons used in the paint.net user interface are from or adapted from those in the "Crystal" icon set, http://www.everaldo.com/crystal/, or the "Oxygen" icon set, http://www.oxygen-icons.org/. These icons are covered by the LGPL license, http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html. These icons are stored as "loose" PNG image files in the Resources\en-US\ directory where paint.net is installed.
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
VERIFICATION
Verification is intended to assist the Chocolatey moderators and community
in verifying that this package's contents are trustworthy.
Package can be verified like this:
1. Go to
x32: https://www.dotpdn.com/files/paint.net.4.2.11.install.zip
to download the installer.
2. You can use one of the following methods to obtain the SHA256 checksum:
- Use powershell function 'Get-FileHash'
- Use Chocolatey utility 'checksum.exe'
checksum32: 96BCD18FDF3D4A85B883748E93E5B89CF79E5646B4620426123EA14F389F185D
File 'license.txt' is obtained from:
https://www.getpaint.net/license.html
$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
$toolsPath = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition
$packageArgs = @{
PackageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
FileFullPath = Get-Item $toolsPath\*.zip
Destination = $toolsPath
}
Get-ChocolateyUnzip @packageArgs
Remove-Item $toolsPath\*.zip -ea 0
$packageArgs = @{
PackageName = $env:ChocolateyPackageName
fileType = 'exe'
file = Get-Item $toolsPath\*.exe
silentArgs = '/auto'
validExitCodes = @(0, 1641, 3010)
softwareName = 'Paint.NET*'
}
Install-ChocolateyInstallPackage @packageArgs
Get-ChildItem $toolsPath\*.exe | ForEach-Object { Remove-Item $_ -ea 0; if (Test-Path $_) { Set-Content "$_.ignore" '' }}
$packageName = $packageArgs.packageName
$installLocation = Get-AppInstallLocation $packageArgs.softwareName
if (!$installLocation) { Write-Warning "Can't find $packageName install location"; return }
Write-Host "$packageName installed to '$installLocation'"
Register-Application "$installLocation\PaintDotNet.exe" paint
Write-Host "$packageName registered as paint"
md5: 2407355E48147ED9F039F77A67570FB7 | sha1: 395942504DF06991524EFBB052019C47085D4A4C | sha256: 96BCD18FDF3D4A85B883748E93E5B89CF79E5646B4620426123EA14F389F185D | sha512: FF8D7D2FA098AC5A1A1EAFD1B0687A41C6CB9E241C622ADDAF52A8F8D55721E16A7ACDC0172ECB4BCEA1C7C9311336DF06EE0F1C841FD04B7EDD97108965212D
Log in or click on link to see number of positives.
- paint.net.4.2.11.nupkg (1cfa9f68bedb) - ## / 64
- paint.net.4.2.11.install.zip (96bcd18fdf3d) - ## / 62
- paint.net.4.2.11.install.exe (5155244117fc) - ## / 68
In cases where actual malware is found, the packages are subject to removal. Software sometimes has false positives. Moderators do not necessarily validate the safety of the underlying software, only that a package retrieves software from the official distribution point and/or validate embedded software against official distribution point (where distribution rights allow redistribution).
Chocolatey Pro provides runtime protection from possible malware.
Version | Downloads | Last Updated | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Paint.NET 4.2.14 | 81104 | Saturday, October 24, 2020 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.13 | 127458 | Wednesday, August 5, 2020 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.12 | 62964 | Saturday, May 30, 2020 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.11 | 14538 | Thursday, May 21, 2020 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.10 | 119175 | Friday, February 14, 2020 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.9 | 19835 | Saturday, February 1, 2020 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.8 | 51948 | Wednesday, December 4, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.7 | 16201 | Tuesday, November 26, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.6 | 9859 | Friday, November 22, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.5 | 59343 | Wednesday, October 2, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.4 | 17805 | Saturday, September 21, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.3 | 4096 | Friday, September 20, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.2 | 4618 | Thursday, September 19, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2.1 | 49937 | Thursday, August 8, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.2 | 30769 | Sunday, July 14, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.1.6 | 104674 | Tuesday, March 19, 2019 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.1.5 | 80149 | Wednesday, December 5, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.1.4 | 30102 | Monday, November 5, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.1.3 | 13442 | Thursday, October 25, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.1.2 | 5215 | Tuesday, October 23, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.1.1 | 40781 | Wednesday, September 12, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.1 | 8624 | Thursday, September 6, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.21 | 266830 | Monday, January 15, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.20.20180112 | 4797 | Friday, January 12, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.20 | 8464 | Tuesday, January 9, 2018 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.19 | 125712 | Tuesday, October 3, 2017 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.18.20171002 | 1342 | Monday, October 2, 2017 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.18 | 2712 | Sunday, October 1, 2017 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.17 | 35019 | Friday, July 21, 2017 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.16 | 33684 | Saturday, May 6, 2017 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.15 | 346 | Tuesday, April 11, 2017 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.14 | 341 | Monday, April 10, 2017 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.6 | 103918 | Monday, August 3, 2015 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.5 | 54449 | Monday, December 8, 2014 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.4 | 1868 | Sunday, November 30, 2014 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.3 | 8735 | Wednesday, July 23, 2014 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.2 | 1104 | Wednesday, July 16, 2014 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0.1 | 778 | Sunday, July 13, 2014 | Approved |
Paint.NET 4.0 | 1483 | Saturday, June 28, 2014 | Approved |
Paint.NET 3.5.11.20130909 | 9385 | Tuesday, September 10, 2013 | Approved |
Paint.NET 3.5.11 | 976 | Monday, August 19, 2013 | Approved |
Paint.NET 3.5.10.20120604 | 4618 | Tuesday, June 5, 2012 | Approved |
Paint.NET 3.5.10 | 820 | Monday, January 9, 2012 | Approved |
Paint.NET 3.5.8 | 590 | Friday, September 23, 2011 | Approved |
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- chocolatey-core.extension (≥ 1.3.3)
- dotnet4.7.2 (≥ 4.7.2.20180712)
- KB2670838 (≥ 1.0.20170428)
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