Calls for Paint's continued survival were answered when Microsoft confirmed that it would not be discontinued and that it would still be available after the update. In 2019, fans of the aging app feared that MS Paint would be discontinued by Microsoft in the planned Windupdate. It introduced huge numbers of people to painting on a computer for the first time.
Thanks to its simplicity and ease of use, and the fact that it was bundled with every Windows machine, Paint rapidly became one of the most used apps in the early versions of Windows.
