To restore system will preserve all the software and files before the previous restore point In my role as moderator of the member forums over at the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Website, I routinely help struggling users to come to grips with the powerful, yet temperamental program we all love. Try the system restore to go back to a previous status and check the result. It is greyed out when no area is selected because you cannot cut the whole picture to the clipboard Hi, Do you mean that the Fill with color is grayed out in MS paint? You may check the following: 1. This might be due to any of the following: It's a vector graphic Your graphic isn't an image but a vector graphic (ie, a drawing composed of lines and shapes) Why is the Crop button grayed out. You click on a graphic and the Picture toolbar appears, but the crop and transparency buttons remain grayed out and inaccessible. For all things Photoshop - except those listed in the sidebar so be sure to read them before posting Can't crop pictures (or make them transparent) Problem. View Entire Discussion (5 Comments) r/photoshop. you have to make a selection first with the marquee tool. From here click on Select from the drop down choose the type of cropping you wish to perform. Once done the image will display on Paint. Click on File >Open choose the location where the picture is saved and click on Open. Also is there a way to search for multiple words in the search box? I tri. I have searched the board but could not find a solution. jpg file which I wanted to crop, but the crop button is greyed out. HI, I have just installed as a first time user on Win 7. Home Why is crop greyed out in paint crop button greyed out