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Re:MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by StilesCrisis on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:14PM (#50386456)
The Windows 11 version is a complete rewrite.
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Re:MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by CursedSilicon on Thursday November 05, 2026 @07:19PM (#50386500)
So was the Windows 7 version
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Re:MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by chungy on Thursday November 05, 2026 @10:37PM (#50387847)
Windows 7 added ribbons to the UI. It's unlikely it was a rewrite. Just a retooling of what Vista had, which in turn what Windows XP had, which... [continue down the line until Windows 1.0].
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Re:MS Paint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability by Kwpolska on Friday November 06, 2026 @03:15AM (#50389557)
They also added brushes and shapes, they might have rewritten it at that point.
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