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Yes, you read that right. Microsoft isn't killing what many of us know as our first 'brush' with desktops and PCs. While the Internet went into overdrive after seeing Microsoft Paint in the 'deprecated' column of the upcoming Windows 10 Fall Creators Update last night, the Redmond based company has clarified that the Paint is "here to stay" and will only be moving to the Windows Store, allowing fans of the classic doodling app to install it wherever they want.
Microsoft Paint: Here to stayhttps://t.co/yiJvvYh7GTpic.twitter.com/EXRqIyVLGm
— Microsoft (@Microsoft) July 25, 2017
Earlier, the news that Paint would no longer be supported after the Windows 10 Fall Creator's Update was greeted with people flooding the Internet with RIP messages with real and exaggerated dismay at the loss of Paint or as many are calling their childhood memories.
Goodbye Paint, goodbye CHILDHOOD pic.twitter.com/oDHj26TbpN
— Melanie 💚 Murphy (@melaniietweets) July 24, 2017
Microsoft also notes that Paint's functionality has been integrated into the brand new Paint 3D, so a program able to annotate memes, make cartoons and crop unloved people out of photographs will still be easily available.
Other programs on the chopping block include free email program Outlook Express and a collection of system tools, many of which are being replaced by updated versions of themselves, are described as "legacy code" or even, in the case of Syskey.exe, as a "nonsecure security feature".