Release Highlights:
Although GeForce Game Ready Drivers and NVIDIA Studio Drivers can be installed on supported notebook GPUs, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) provides certified drivers for your specific notebook on their website. NVIDIA recommends that you check with your notebook OEM for recommended software updates for your notebook.

Game Ready for GeForce RTX 5060

This new Game Ready Driver provides the best gaming experience for the latest new games supporting DLSS 4 technology including F1 25 and Dune: Awakening, as well as the Full Ray Tracing update for NARAKA: BLADEPOINT.

Gaming Technology

• Adds support for GeForce RTX 5060 desktop and laptop GPUs

Fixed Gaming Bugs

• [F1 23/F1 24] Game crashes at the end of a race [5240429]
• [Diablo II Resurrected] Game displays black screen corruption when using DLSS [5264112]
• [SCUM] Game may crash after updating to R575 drivers [5257319]
• Shader disk cache will not be created with certain games if OS username contains unicode characters [5274587]

Fixed General Bugs

• [Lumion 12] Missing certain UI components [5213228]
• [Varjo XR3] Varjo XR3 HMD is not working on RTX 50 series GPUs [5173753]

Learn more in our Game Ready Driver article here.

This is a simple maintenance release that mostly fixes a few small bugs, and updates the bundled DDS FileType plugin.

Get the Update

There are two releases of Paint.NET:

• Microsoft Store release (recommended)

  • You can purchase it here. This helps fund development and is an alternative or supplement to sending in a donation. In addition, updates happen automatically in the background when you’re not using the app.
  • If you already have it installed, the update should happen automatically once Microsoft certifies the update, usually within the next day or so. To get the update immediately (once it’s certified), you can follow the instructions listed here.
• Classic Desktop release
  • Download the installer from the website. This is the recommended download if you don’t have Paint.NET installed. It can also be used to update the app.
  • If you already have it installed, you should be offered the update automatically within the next few days, but you can also get it immediately by going to Settings -> Updates -> Check Now.
  • Offline Installers and Portable ZIPs are available over on GitHub.

Change Log

Changes since 5.1.7:

• Fixed an issue where a JPEG with an XYZ color profile was taking a very long time to load
• Fixed the ability to use relative paths to open images via paintdotnet.exe when Paint.NET is already open
• New: Added +/- buttons in the toolbar for the Text tool’s font size
• Improved the robustness of file saving in pathological scenarios (e.g. power outage at the very end of saving)
• Added a /resetWindows command-line parameter to assist in troubleshooting scenarios
• Updated the bundled DDSFileTypePlus plugin to v1.12.13 (thanks @null54!)

[ MAPS ] Jura:

• Updated to the latest version from the Community Workshop (Update Notes).