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There are currently two (2) releases of Paint.NET: "Classic" and "Windows Store". The Classic release is downloadable from this website. The Windows Store release is available on Microsoft's Windows Store. There are no functionality differences between the releases. However, the Classic release will periodically check for updates. This is done by downloading a small file from the website and is anonymous. You can disable this from the Settings dialog, or at install time by choosing the "Custom" path. The Classic release of Paint.NET will anonymously report when an install or update has completed (NOTE: this does not happen if you are using MSI-based Deployment). This allows us to count how many installations there are for each version of Paint.NET, and how many install/update attempts were successful or not.

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