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How to reset the Color Box and Tool Box placement in Microsoft Paint
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By Ramesh Srinivasan
Published on 18-May-07
 
The tool box in Microsoft Paint application is dragged too far out and is not visible anymore. How do I get it back on screen?
How to reset the Color Box and Tool Box placement in Microsoft Paint

Question

The tool box in Microsoft Paint application is dragged too far out and is not visible anymore. How do I get it back on screen?

Answer

You can reset the Tool Box and Color Box placement (to defaults) using these steps:

  • Close all instances of Microsoft Paint
  • Click Start, Run and type regedit.exe
  • Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Applets \ Paint

  • Delete the sub-key named General-Summary
  • Exit the Registry Editor.

Alternately, you can accomplish the task using REG.EXE console tool.

Click Start, Run and type the following command:

reg delete "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\General-Summary" /f

Open Microsoft Paint. The Tool Box and Color Box should now be visible.