Termyn8or
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First of all there is no reason to delete it, it's not even 1MB including any DLLs, which you wouldn't want to remove anyway. I think what you want to do is to remove it's file associations, so that you can use a third party image editor.
If you care to ignore my advice, OK. It won't show up in add/remove because it is a windows component, like a default for those who do not have a third party image editor, but it's location is
[boot drive]\WINDOWS\pbrush.exe
However if you do this every time you try to open a BMP you will get an error. I assume this is not the goal.
What you need to do is get into windows explorer. I always put up a desktop icon for it, but if you don't have one you can get to it many ways, actually "My Computer" is an explorer window. Or you can right click the Start button and one of the options is "explore". Next you have to navigate to a BMP file, any one will do. It helps if you go to View>Details and then (you'll have to look around for the option "hide regigistered file types". Uncheck the box and all the file extensions will show up. Get a BMP file and right click it, and go to "Open With". From there choose the program you would like to view the file in an select it, then there is a check bax "Always Use This Program for this filetype". Check that and ba da bing ba da boom. You might also want to do this with PCX files, but they are so rare these days it isn't worth the trouble.
Conversely there is also a window that let's you do it more easily if you can figure it out. First, however you get to your preferred image editor, whether it is a desktop icon or an item in the start menu, right click it and go down to properties and click that. It will give you the path to the actual EXE file that opens the program, and it is almost always somewhere in
[boot drive\program files]
Observe that path, in fact you can just leave that window up for reference. In explorer there is "Tools" at the top. Under that is folder options. Click on that and it opens up a window with tabs, in XP the third one is file types. Click that and it will populate the list. Scroll throught there and select (blue up ? ) the desired file type and then click the change button towards the lower right. Browse to the path you saw in properties and click that. Click OK and now that file type will default to your preferred image editor.
If you don't understand the process ask, or even try windows help. Whatever you do, don't just delete pbrush.exe because it will cause an error and you'll find yourself restoring it from the recycle bin and be back where you started.
T
< Message edited by Termyn8or -- 9/13/2010 5:25:06 AM >
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hoe to delete paintbrush - 
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