Why is Paint 3D Shutting Down

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Anonymous
2024-08-17T09:22:14+00:00

Paint 3D is a tool I use for tasks regularly and I want to know why its shutting down all of a sudden

there's not enough information on why you cant keep it up, update it, or make a better version of it to fit windows 11.

The removal of Paint 3D shouldn't be necessary.

If it really has to go then I would like to know why you cant either save or remake it or even incorporate it into existing applications.

Windows for home | Other | Apps

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Anonymous
2025-01-24T19:21:12+00:00

HAHA MICROSOFT ITS 24TH JANUARY 2025 RIGHT? GUESS WHAT. YOU DEPRECATED PAINT 3D ON NOVEMBER 4TH LAST YEAR. RIGHT? NOW I HAVE PAINT 3D ON MY WINDOWS 11 FRESH INSTALL!

I LAUGH IN THE FACE OF MICROSOFT AND SAY, WELL AND TRULY, WE WILL NEVER GIVE UP PAINT 3D. NO MATTER WHAT YOU TRY THERE IS ALWAYS A BACKDOOR, A METHOD TO REINSTALL IT!

Toast Mike, here is the file for Paint 3D, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ylSw1pvV-PPZ5pFYY5F8EGwStwPNdPUc/view Download the full thing and double click to install it. All functions are there.

Godspeed.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-10-25T01:00:43+00:00

    Very discouraging to see this, but sadly it's consistent with every other graphics tool Microsoft has ever launched:

    • PhotoDraw
    • Windows Journal
    • Microsoft Office Picture Manager
    • Photo Editor
    • Image Composite Editor
    • Photosynth
    • Picture It
    • Fine Artist
    • Image Composer
    • Microsoft Digital Image
    • TrueSpace
    • Expression Design

    And to this we can now add

    • Paint 3D
    • Publisher (due to be killed in 2026)

    I recall that there was at least one other quite good drawing program that made it to beta in the 1990s, but it was killed before it could be released.

    I can understand getting out of a business because of an inability to gain enough market share, but Microsoft has entered and left this market over a dozen times in 30 years. Given that track record, a lot of customers were likely hesitant to invest a lot of time and money in using MS design tools because they'll eventually be left in the lurch with a bunch of unreadable graphics files. When I first saw Paint 3D, I suspected it would eventually meet the same fate. I just found out today about Publisher being abandoned, and I have a *LOT* of .PUB files that will be orphaned. Shame on me for assuming that Publisher would be any different than the rest of the list above.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-10-25T17:25:40+00:00

    The UI/UX of Paint 3d was near perfect. So simple. So effective. I was sure they were going to finally put the axe to MSPaint. I'm so annoyed they are deleting Paint 3D.

    Here's an interesting post about it: https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story\_fbid=524199919954671&id=100070940028029&\_rdr

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-10-26T20:48:11+00:00

    The UI/UX of Paint 3d was near perfect. So simple. So effective. I was sure they were going to finally put the axe to MSPaint. I'm so annoyed they are deleting Paint 3D.

    Here's an interesting post about it: https://www.facebook.com/story.php/?story\_fbid=524199919954671&id=100070940028029&\_rdr

    Same here, because I absolutely love drawing in 3D.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-29T16:21:59+00:00

    Paint 3D is one of my favorite 3D rendering applications because it's straightforward to understand and great for people who are looking for an app for easy object rendering.

    I'm upset they are removing it.

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