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The creative app just received an update thatadded generative fill and generative erasefor Windows Insiders.

The little app that could has a new feature that is drawing some criticism.

The HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (2024) on a desk and in tablet mode, showing Microsoft Paint open with an amateur drawing and HP�s MPP2.0 stylus.

The option appears when you right-click a file that can be opened with Paint, such as a JPEG.

The Windows 11 context menu is cluttered on a good day and an outright mess in some cases.

Yeah, Paint’s getting one too.

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Shows up for images with version 11.2410.28.0.

(Not mentioned in any blog post, but then again it’s not AI!!

!11 so I’m not surprised.)

Windows 11 Snipping Tool with emoji

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Who asked for this?

I must confess that I am beyond getting angry about these sorts of things.

Now, I’m just baffled.

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Isn’t the Open with menu enough?

Wasn’t the whole point of Win11 context menus less clutter?"

Microsoft was supposed to make the context menu simple with Windows 11.

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But ultimately, the context menu is still so far from where it should be.

And the fact that Microsoft-made apps appear to get special treatment regardless of usage levels isn’t welcome.

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