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            <h1>Run miniPaint - Browser Based Image Editor - on Windows</h1>
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          <h2>What is miniPaint?</h2>

<p><em>[miniPaint is an] online image editor lets you create, edit images using HTML5 technologies. No need to buy, download, install or have obsolete flash. No ads. Key features: layers, filters, HTML5, open source, Photoshop alternative.<br />
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miniPaint operates directly in the browser. You can create images, paste from the clipboard (ctrl+v) or upload from the computer (using menu or drag &amp; drop). Nothing will be sent to any server. Everything stays in your browser.</em> -<a href="https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint" target="_blank">https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint</a></p>

<h2>Installing miniPaint</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Windows device</li>
	<li>Download the latest miniPaint release <a href="https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint/releases/latest" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download NodeJS <a href="https://nodejs.org/en/download/current/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Install NodeJS, accepting all defaults</li>
	<li>Extract the downloaded miniPaint files</li>
	<li>Rename the extracted folder miniPaint</li>
	<li>Cut the miniPaint folder to a location it can safely run from, C:\Program Files\miniPaint in this example</li>
	<li>Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space &gt; Open PowerShell windows here...</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in the PowerShell window
	<div class="codeBlock PS"># install dependencies<br />
	npm install<br />
	# build minipaint<br />
	npm run build<br />
	# run minipaint<br />
	npm run server</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8080</li>
	<li>Welcome to miniPaint</li>
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<h2>Run miniPaint on System Startup (Optional, but recommended)</h2>

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	<li>Press CTRL + C to kill the running miniPaint process</li>
	<li>Open a text editor and paste the following
	<p>:: Start miniPaint server<br />
	cd /D &quot;%~dp0&quot;<br />
	start &quot;miniPaint&quot; /b npm run server</p>
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	<li>Save the file as minipaint.bat in the miniPaint directory, C:\Program Files\miniPaint in this example</li>
	<li>Click on the Start Button &gt; Type task &gt; Launch Task Scheduler</li>
	<li>Right click the Task Scheduler Library folder in the left pane &gt; Create Basic Task...</li>
	<li>Set the name to miniPaint and optionally set a Description &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>For the Trigger, select When the computer starts &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>For the Action, select Start a program &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Complete the form fields as follows:
	<p>Program/script: &quot;%ProgramFiles%\miniPaint\minipaint.bat&quot;<br />
	Add arguments:<br />
	Start in:</p>
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	<li>Click Next</li>
	<li>Check the Open the Properties dialog checkbox &gt; Click Finish</li>
	<li>In the Properties dialog, click the Change User or Group... button</li>
	<li>Type System in the Object name field &gt; Click OK</li>
	<li>Check the Run with highest privileges box</li>
	<li>Click OK to create the scheduled task</li>
	<li>Right click the miniPaint task &gt; Run</li>
	<li>Refresh the open web browser to verify miniPaint is now running from the scheduled task</li>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint/wiki/Build-instructions" target="_blank">https://github.com/viliusle/miniPaint/wiki/Build-instructions</a></p>          </div>
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