To close an image file in paint, which also exits the paint app.
Click the x button in the upper right corner of the paint app.
To open a safe picture in paint and windows 11.
First, open the paint program, then click the file command in the ribbon of the paint app window to
reopen a recently opened image file, then roll over the recent command in the dropdown menu to show
a listing of recently opened image files in a side menu, then click to select the name of the recent
file to reopen it.
Alternatively, to open an image file that is not in the recent files list, click the open button in
the file button's dropdown menu to launch the open dialog box.
Then use the Open Dialog Box to navigate into the folder that contains the image file to open.
When you see the image file to open appear in the main window of the open dialog box, click it once
to select it.
Then click the open button in the lower right corner of the open dialog box to open it in paint.