Coming back to this question in december 2017, since Windows 10 Creators Update reset all settings in MS tools: MSPaint, WordPad, Explorer of course ... and I had to find a way to save settings on a not yet migrated box and restore them on updated one.
Basically, the solution for MSPaint in Windows 10 is based on REG.exe command.
Saving current settings is:
C:\> REG EXPORT HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Paint C:\My\Dir\MyMSPaintSettingsFile.reg
Restoring settings from file is:
C:\> REG IMPORT C:\My\Dir\MyMSPaintSettingsFile.reg
Since one may want to NOT save/restore recent files' list, some file handling may be required. I may soon post a CMD script about that.
This can also be applied to WordPad:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Applets\Wordpad
and to some extent to Explorer (saving the Ribbon and QuickAccess Toolbar):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Ribbon
It also worked pretty well on my Windows 7 box at work.
Paint.NET has the same problem. – mgutt – 2015-01-24T17:02:36.813
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Take a look at some of the better free paint programs out there (eg Paint.Net http://www.getpaint.net/ and others).
– Brad Patton – 2013-02-12T16:25:53.583