Options

The Options dialog is accessed by selecting Options from the bottom of the Tools menu.

If the Tools menu is hidden, expand the menu bar by clicking on the v button to the left of the ? help button at the top right of the window.

Show welcome dialog on startup
If this checkbox is checked, the Welcome to PhotoPad dialog will show at startup, asking you how you would like to begin and giving you options to open a new file, create a new blank image, or to create a collage.
Show warning when saving a project with hidden layers
If this checkbox is checked, a warning will appear when you try to save a project with hidden layers. This lets you know that the changes made by hidden layers wont be seen in the final saved image.
Prompt to save images with layers as PhotoPad Projects on close
If this checkbox is checked, you will be prompted to save images with more than one layer as a .ppp when closing PhotoPad.