“Not very many people are using them, and I can no longer justify the cost and frustration of keeping support for these afloat,” writes Rick Brewster, Paint.Net developer.Īside from the compatibility change, the rendering and startup performance of the application has also been improved in the latest release. Even Apple dropped support for 32-bit apps starting with MacOS Catalina in 2019.īrewster says that interest in the 32-bit version of the app is low. Microsoft has been pushing developers to build modern 64-bit-only apps, and the Windows 11 operating system is 64-bit only, without a 32-bit flavor. This is because it has become more difficult and time-consuming to support these older versions of Windows. The app will be limited to 64-bit on Windows 10 and Windows 11 heading into the future, the developer announced recently.Īccording to Rick Brewster, the developer of the app, Paint.Net v4.3.x will be the last release that works on Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or on any 32-bit or x86 version of Windows. Popular photo-editing app Paint.Net is dropping support for Windows 7, and Windows 8.1.

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