Solved Paint location in W11?

I'm trying to assign Paint to one of the macro keys on my keyboard and can't find the location of the actual file anywhere. Does anyone happen to know where it's located in Windows 11?

Thanks.

Directory of c:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Paint_10.2108.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PaintApp

FreeBooter said:

Directory of c:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.Paint_10.2108.1.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\PaintApp

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Thank you!

You are very welcome!

most of the stock apps in W11 are stored under C:\Program Files\WindowsApps ..



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Xploit Machine said:

most of the stock apps in W11 are stored under C:\Program Files\WindowsApps ..

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I had forgotten to have hidden items shown, so I didn't even see that folder until my question was answered. I appreciate the heads up.

here ..

Xploit Machine said:

most of the stock apps in W11 are stored under C:\Program Files\WindowsApps ..

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Edge
Office
Paint
People
Instagram
News
Whatsapp
Twitter
Weather
Help
Power Automate
Screen Sketch
Skype
Alarms
Photos
Maps
Calculator
Camera
Videos
Your Phone
Terminal
Sound Recorder
Notepad

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blackroseMD1 said:

I had forgotten to have hidden items shown, so I didn't even see that folder until my question was answered. I appreciate the heads up.

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Got it. Thanks!

the said folder is protected for users by default, accessing the contents is not allowed unless overriding the permissions :)

but becareful, altering the contents may make the system unstable and re-installing from Windows Store also will be troublesome .. unless re-installing the OS itself, make a copy somewhere before changing / deleting ..

note to self:
where mspaint
%localappdata%\Microsoft\WindowsApps\mspaint.exe