PAINT won't work:

[RB]

>-----Original Message-----
> Suddenly My MICROSOFT PAINT program won't work, Even
>though it is part of WINDOWS XP, doing a "Search" will
>not locate it.
>
> My BELARC ADVISOR, My NORTON ANTI-VIRUS, My SPYBOT
>SEARCH & DESTROY and My GO-BACK will not help.
>
> I get the same old 'canned' response; "Paint has
>encountered a problem and needs to close."
>
> Whenever I click to see what data that error report
>contains, I get the following;
>Error Signature
>AppName: mspaint.exe
>AppVer: 5.1.2600.1106
>ModName: mfc42u.dll
>ModVer: 6.0.8665.0
>Offset: 00017103
>The following files will be included in this error
report:
>C:\DOCUME~1\default\LOCALS~1\Temp\WER8D.tmp.dir00
>\appcompat.txt
>
> How do I get My PAINT back? I have came to rely on
many
>of it's features when using it with My PHOTO SUITE and
>other photo editing programs.
>.
>reload xp from the dos side..and it will work again