Laptopdunce - and yet you still have not tried the simplest and easiest to use cropping program, Irfanview?

laptopdunce, re your post Today at 3:29PM and saving a fresh copy of cropped image and retaining the original.

If it is easier for you, you could make a copy of the picture - in My Pictures, rightclick and choose 'copy' then click on a blank part in the folder, rightclick and choose 'paste' (you can then rightclick on the copy and choose 'rename' as well if you want) then open the copy in Photo gallery and crop it and save it.

edit: in My Pictures, rightclick and choose 'copy..' obviously I mean 'rightclick on a single picture file that you want to crop and choose 'copy..'

Going back to laptopdunce's 3.29 pm. He appears to have cropped it as wanted but wants the original still. I pointed out that he has missed the "Make a copy" icon on the same ribbon and 4 to the left of crop. This opens a save box for the copy of the original (providing you do it before cropping). You can name it, etc.

Not sure what you mean with the rectanglar cursor but to crop here are easy steps. Click on past top right hand corner menue will drop down. Click on Paste from now go to the picture you want double click on it now click open. This will put the picture in Paint. Now on top menue bar click crop. Drag the cursor down to the picture, right click and hold down lines in shape of a square will appear crop to what you want. now back to top menue and click crop this will crop the picture Job Done