Microsoft announced yesterday that after 32 years, it would be leaving MS Paint out of their next Windows update later this year.

After the announcement, a tremendous outpouring of love came in from across the internet for MS Paint, which lead to Microsoft's reversal today when the company announced that it will save MS Paint.

“MS Paint is here to stay, it will just have a new home soon, in the WindowsStore where it will be available for free." said Megan Saunders, Microsoft’s general manager of the 3D for Everyone initiative.

“Today, we’ve seen an incredible outpouring of support and nostalgia around MS Paint. If there’s anything we learned, it’s that after 32 years, MS Paint has a lot of fans. It’s been amazing to see so much love for our trusty old app.”

Saving Microsoft Paint by putting it into the Windows Store instead of being a default part of Windows going forward is good, but it’s quite not the same as actually maintaining it in its current state as a core part of Windows like Notepad or Snipping Tool. The biggest difference is that Paint will no longer be installed by default with Windows and on work and enterprise machines, it is unlikely that system administrators will allow employees to install apps from the Windows Store in most situations.

So while home users will be free to download Microsoft Paint from the Windows Store and put it back where it belongs, office workers around the world will be deprived of their impromptu creative sessions once Paint is severed from Windows as standard.