Another bit of information...

I downloaded and installed this program (MTPAINT), tried it and then uninstalled it (too complex, for my uses I want something really simple, like MSPAINT.EXE) and on a whim I tried the MSPAINT.EXE program, and it started up and ran -- once.

So, I re-installed MTPAINT and then tried MSPAINT.EXE again. Nothing happened. So I opened MTPAINT and then tried MSPAINT.EXE while MTPAINT was open. Nothing happened. So I closed MTPAINT and tried MSPAINT.EXE, and it started up and ran -- once.

This is repeatable. If I open MTPAINT and then close it, MSPAINT.EXE will open and run one time and then won't run again until I repeat the drill with MTPAINT.

It really doesn't sound like anything is seriously wrong here, perhaps something in the Registry File that gets reset whenever the MTPAINT program exits. Does anybody have a clue about how I might fix this?

tanstaafl.