ALT+F4 Hangs Paint When in View Bitmap Mode
Article ID: 138827
Article Last Modified on 11/15/2006
APPLIES TO
This article was previously published under Q138827
SYMPTOMS
Microsoft Paint may stop responding (hang) if you press ALT+F4 when Paint
is in View Bitmap mode.
CAUSE
Paint does not handle the ALT+F4 key combination correctly when it is in
View Bitmap mode.
RESOLUTION
To close Paint when this problem occurs, press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, click
Paint, and then click End Task.
To avoid this problem, cancel View Bitmap mode by clicking the bitmap or
pressing any key before you press ALT+F4 to quit Paint.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Paint. We are researching
this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base as it becomes available.
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Keywords: KB138827