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Paint is a fundamental image processing tool on Windows operating systems, enabling quick tasks like text writing on images, drawing, and image editing.
In a previous article, Mytour explained how to open Paint on Windows 8 and 8.1. Although Paint in Windows 8 and 8.1 differs, it still meets user needs like image merging, image editing, and text writing on images.
Since the interface of Windows 8 differs from Windows 7, the method to open Paint in Windows 7 also differs somewhat from opening Paint in Windows 8. Below are 3 common ways to open Paint on Windows 7, follow the steps below:
How to Open Paint in Windows 7
Method 1: Use quick access from My Computer.
In the My Computer window, copy the path %windir%system32mspaint.exe into the address bar as shown below. Then press Enter, and immediately the Paint window will appear.
Method 2: Open Paint by searching for the application on the Start menu
Step 1: Click on the Start Menu or press the Windows key.
Step 2: Type Paint into the Search programs and files field. Immediately, Paint will appear on the Start menu. Click to use.
Method 3: Quickly open Paint with the Run window.
Step 1: Press the Windows+ R key combination to open the Run dialog box.
Step 2: Type mspaint into the Run dialog box and then press Enter. Immediately, the Paint window will appear.
And here is the Paint interface when successfully opened using the 3 methods mentioned above.
Above, Mytour has guided you on how to open Paint on Windows 7 to perform image editing, image merging, and quick text writing on images. You can review the article on writing text on images to better understand this trick on Paint. It cannot be denied that Paint is a basic but very useful tool, especially since it is available in Windows without the need for any installation. Apart from Paint, there are many other software with similar functions but with significant improvements, worth considering such as Paint.net, which is one of the amazing free photo editing software, or software like GIMP and PhotoScape, both of which are completely free. Among them, PhotoScape even supports various frames for you to creatively merge images, while GIMP...
Additionally, we can also crop and reduce the size of images directly in the Paint tool. With this image size reduction trick, we can significantly save memory space.
