Want good old mspaint.exe and calc.exe from Windows XP back on WIndows

Edwin said:

It's over here, with instructions to replace default Paint, or you can run it as a stand alone:


[Tip] Get Classic MS Paint (without Ribbons) in Windows 7 and Later - AskVG

Thanks. Exactly what I needed. I can cross paint out of my list.


The calculator available there has the same issue I want to avoid. It discards decimals for operations with the scientifica calculator and I need to use it for hex to dec and viceversa conversion so it's annoying needing to change all the time between scientific and standard.

Bree said:

If you have an XP install disk you can extract them from that. Their .exe and .chm files are all in the I386 folder in compressed form:
MSPAINT.EX_ MSPAINT.CH_ CALC.EX_ CALC.CH_
These can be expanded from a command prompt, for example:
expand -r mspaint.ex_
No install required, just put them in a folder and run them from there. Pin to Start for easy access.

Sadly I have none.

Bree said:

Wanting Calc I can understand, it's not a Modern Windows App like its Windows 10 counterpart, but why Paint? Apart from the ribbon interface there seems very little difference between the XP and W10 versions.

With paint I miss the capability to paste an image and make transparent on it the currently selected secondary color:

It was really useful as a workaround for running color replacements. The version provided by Edwin has that and more though so I already have what I needed from it.

MetalTxus said:

Thanks. Exactly what I needed. I can cross paint out of my list.


The calculator available there has the same issue I want to avoid. It discards decimals for operations with the scientifica calculator and I need to use it for hex to dec and viceversa conversion so it's annoying needing to change all the time between scientific and standard.



Sadly I have none.




With paint I miss the capability to paste an image and make transparent on it the currently selected secondary color:

It was really useful as a workaround for running color replacements. The version provided by Edwin has that and more though so I already have what I needed from it.

If you are comfortable with decompressing files decompress the ones in this .zip file into a Folder. The files themselves are already decompressed.

Berton said:

If you are comfortable with decompressing files decompress the ones in this .zip file into a Folder. The files themselves are already decompressed.

Exactly what I needed. Thanks :)

You're welcome.

Pinta is another really nice paint application. https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/

Berton said:

If you are comfortable with decompressing files decompress the ones in this .zip file into a Folder. The files themselves are already decompressed.

Awesome! I remember that one! Thanks!
I need more of these, they actually skin properly!

You're welcome, Edwin.

Bree said:

If you have an XP install disk you can extract them from that. Their .exe and .chm files are all in the I386 folder in compressed form:
MSPAINT.EX_ MSPAINT.CH_ CALC.EX_ CALC.CH_
These can be expanded from a command prompt, for example:
expand -r mspaint.ex_
No install required, just put them in a folder and run them from there. Pin to Start for easy access.

Wanting Calc I can understand, it's not a Modern Windows App like its Windows 10 counterpart, but why Paint? Apart from the ribbon interface there seems very little difference between the XP and W10 versions.

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Hey, I'm glad I kept my old XP disk. I now have the simple XP Calculator on my desktop!

Steve C said:

Hey, I'm glad I kept my old XP disk. I now have the simple XP Calculator on my desktop!

And I have Freecell and Solitaire on mine. So much easier than the hoops you have to jump through to get the Windows 7/8 versions to install - plus the XP ones don't get removed by MS at the next upgrade :)