Show Paint Text Tool Bar

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This setting lets you display MS Paint text tool bar.
Level: Recommended For Novice Users
Description:
Ms paint lets you create and edit drawings and scanned photos. If you are writing text, then it should display a toolbar, which has fonts, style and size. If it does not, then the setting has to be changed in the registry. For this, go to start > run menu, enter regedit and navigate to the registry path listed below. If the subkey \currentversion\applets\paint\text is not present, create it as explained below. Then, create a dword value name showtexttool, if this value does not exist. Now, right-click and modify the value data box with 1 to enable the setting. Close the registry. After restart, the changes take effect. When editing the registry it is highly recommended to run a quick scan for optimization, you can test your system now for free.




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First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".
Go to <b> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets Paint\Text\]</b>,right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "ShowTextTool" in "Text" key.
Next, right-click on "ShowTextTool" and click on 'Modify'.
Finally, enter the value "1" (Base Hexadecimal) Without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect.


Registry Entries

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  • Path: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint\Text\]
  • Location: Current User
  • Value Name: ShowTextTool
  • Data Type: DWORD (DWORD Value)
  • Enabled Value: 1
  • Disabled Value: 0
  • Action Type: Add an Entry