Paint is located at C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exe on Windows 10
The rest of this post shows how to answer the question, Where is Paint on Windows 10?
Steps
# Launch Run:
Windows Key + r
# Type in the Run box:
cmd /k where mspaint# You'll see the location:
C:\Windows\System32\mspaint.exe
C:\Users\Zach Pfeffer>Exact Version
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.19045.3570]
(from the first line of a new cmd.exe window)
Additional
Add a Paint shortcut to the Desktop
# Right-click on the desktop and select New > Shortcut
# Enter mspaint and click Next
# Click Finish
Get cmd Help
cmd /?cmd Help:
Starts a new instance of the Windows command interpreter
CMD [/A | /U] [/Q] [/D] [/E:ON | /E:OFF] [/F:ON | /F:OFF] [/V:ON | /V:OFF]
[[/S] [/C | /K] string]
/C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates
/K Carries out the command specified by string but remains
/S Modifies the treatment of string after /C or /K (see below)
/Q Turns echo off
/D Disable execution of AutoRun commands from registry (see below)
/A Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be ANSI
/U Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be
Unicode
/T:fg Sets the foreground/background colors (see COLOR /? for more info)
/E:ON Enable command extensions (see below)
/E:OFF Disable command extensions (see below)
/F:ON Enable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/F:OFF Disable file and directory name completion characters (see below)
/V:ON Enable delayed environment variable expansion using ! as the
delimiter. For example, /V:ON would allow !var! to expand the
variable var at execution time. The var syntax expands variables
at input time, which is quite a different thing when inside of a FOR
loop.
/V:OFF Disable delayed environment expansion.
Note that multiple commands separated by the command separator '&&'
are accepted for string if surrounded by quotes. Also, for compatibility
reasons, /X is the same as /E:ON, /Y is the same as /E:OFF and /R is the
Press any key to continue . . .cmd is also documented here:
References
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