How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

For regular computer users, opening Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7 is very simple. But for newbies who are not familiar with this trick, let's see the instructions for opening the Paint tool on Windows below.

Currently, Windows 10 version is the latest and best version of Microsoft. Users of older versions of Windows can upgrade to Windows 10 in a variety of ways. On the Windows 10 version, we can also see special changes such as: Changing the Start Menu, running multiple modes on the Desktop, multitasking applications at the same time better, new Task View window, finding files, data faster.

To write text on images in Windows, we need to use the Paint tool that Microsoft defaults to on the computer. If you want more sparkle, veteran users can use tools like Photoshop. However, the simplest way to write text on photos is still to use Paint software. So how to open Paint on different versions of Windows, please read this article.
 

How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool:

* On Windows 10

On Windows, the Paint tool still works, and has been improved. If you don't know how to open Paint on Windows 10, the following instructions will help you. How to open Paint on Windows 10 is as follows:

Step 1:  Press the Windows icon on the keyboard or at the bottom left on the computer screen. 

Picture 1 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Step 2: Type the word " Paint " to quickly search for the Paint drawing software tool and then click " Paint " according to arrow 1 or 2.

Picture 2 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Step 3 : At this point, the drawing tool will be opened as shown. From this step you can do absolutely everything from editing, coloring or adding, removing, editing as you like. In addition, as mentioned above, the famous Paint tool is used to save computer screenshots.

Picture 3 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Of course Paint also supports basic formats when saving.

Picture 4 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

* On Windows 8 .

Just like Windows 10, opening Paint in Windows 8 is not much different. Please follow below to learn how to open Paint in Windows 8 .

Step 1:  Click the Start button (for Windows 8.1) or press the Windows key (for Windows 8). Find the search function, enter the keyword Paint into the search box. When the results are displayed below, you just need to click to open Paint to use.

Picture 5 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Step 2: In addition, for more convenience when opening the Paint application next time, you can right-click and select Pin to Start to put Paint in the Start menu or Pin to Taskbar to put the Paint icon in the Taskbar.

Picture 6 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Step: Or press Windows key + R to open the Run dialog box . Enter the mspaint command line and press Enter .

Picture 7 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

And this is the Paint application interface

Picture 8 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

*On Windows 7 .

And of course, how to open Paint on Windows 7, this operating system cannot lack such a basic feature, the opening method is slightly different from the above two operating systems, so please read below to know how to open it. Pain on windows 7 .

Method 1: Open on Start Menu .

Step 1: Click on Start Menu or press the Windows key.

Picture 9 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Step 2: Enter the word Paint in the Search programs and files section . Paint will immediately appear on the Startmenu . Press select to use.

Picture 10 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Method 2: Open Paint quickly with the Run window.

Step 1: Press the Windows + R key combination to open the Run window .

Picture 11 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Step 2: Enter mspaint in the Run dialog box then press Enter . Immediately the Paint window will appear on the screen.

Picture 12 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

And this is the Paint interface when we successfully open it with the methods mentioned above.

Picture 13 of How to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7, open the Paint tool

Recently TipsMake has compiled for users ways to open Paint on Windows 10, 8, 7.


When you edit photos with Paint, you can immediately set these images as Desktop wallpapers on Windows. In Windows 10, 8, 7 versions, you can change the desktop wallpaper  . However, in each version, the way to change the wallpaper is a little different, so please refer to the article above to know how to change the Windows wallpaper.

Update 15 June 2024
Category

System

Mac OS X

Hardware

Game

Tech info

Technology

Science

Life

Application

Electric

Program

Mobile