Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 by Adobe

What is Adobe Photoshop Elements 11?

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How do I clean Adobe Photoshop Elements 11?

Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 may store excess, temporary data on your computer that can take up valuable space. It may also store private data such as passwords or browsing history in the registry or on the file system. The easiest way to erase this data is by downloading AppCleaner, it is 100% free and about 1MB in size. A portable version is also available.

Clean Adobe Photoshop Elements 11
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If you want to clean Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are ten locations in the file system where Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 stores data that can be cleaned.Additionally,Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 stores private data in four registry keys.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Adobe Photoshop Elements 11, you can use the Microsoft Registry Editor (regedit.exe) which is installed by default on all Windows operating systems. First of all, open regedit.exe by carrying out these steps:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type regedit.exe
• Hit Enter

Now use regedit.exe to delete the registry keys:

1. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Adobe.
   • Expand Elements Organizer.
   • Expand 11.0.
   • Right-click CurrentMediaFilePath.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
2. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Adobe.
   • Expand Photoshop Elements.
   • Expand 11.0.
   • Expand common.
   • Expand settings.
   • Right-click Elements MRU.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
3. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Adobe.
   • Expand Photoshop Elements.
   • Expand 11.0.
   • Right-click CurrentMediaFilePath.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.
4. • Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER from the root of the tree in the left pane.
   • Expand Software.
   • Expand Adobe.
   • Expand Photoshop Elements.
   • Expand 11.0.
   • Click VisitedDirs.
   • Right-click STARTUPIMAGEDIRECTORY in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations. First of all, open a command prompt window:

• Hit the Windows key , usually located in the lower left of your keyboard between the Ctrl and Alt keys.
• Windows XP/Vista/7: Click Run...
• Type cmd
• Hit Enter

Now list all the files stored by Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/face.thumb.9.cache
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/face.thumb.9.cache
2. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/thumb.5.cache
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/thumb.5.cache
3. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/WaldoData/waldo.cache
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/WaldoData/waldo.cache
4. Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/File Agent/WatchFolder.3.cache
   • Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/File Agent/WatchFolder.3.cache
5. Type dir %APPDATA%/Adobe/Elements Organizer/11.0/Organizer/status.dat
6. Type dir %APPDATA%/Adobe/Elements Organizer/11.0/Organizer/*.txt
7. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/face.thumb.9.cache
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/face.thumb.9.cache
8. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/thumb.5.cache
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/thumb.5.cache
9. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/WaldoData/waldo.cache
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/WaldoData/waldo.cache
10. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/File Agent/WatchFolder.3.cache
    • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/File Agent/WatchFolder.3.cache

Once you have identified the files stored by Adobe Photoshop Elements 11 that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.