What is Adobe Photoshop Elements 12?
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How do I clean Adobe Photoshop Elements 12?
Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 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 12
with AppCleaner
If you want to clean Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 manually, you can follow the steps outlined below.
There are five locations in the file system where Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 stores data that can be cleaned.
Files
Warning: Proceed very carefully when deleting files. Always revise the files you are about to remove. Removing important files can damage your system.
To clean your file system from files stored by Adobe Photoshop Elements 12 and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system locations.
First of all, open a command prompt window:
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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 12 that can be cleaned:
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Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/WaldoData/waldo.cache
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Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/WaldoData/waldo.cache
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Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/File Agent/WatchFolder.3.cache
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Windows XP: Type dir %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Application Data/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/File Agent/WatchFolder.3.cache
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Type dir %APPDATA%/Adobe/Elements Organizer/12.0/Organizer/status.dat
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Type dir %APPDATA%/Adobe/Elements Organizer/12.0/Organizer/*.txt
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Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/WaldoData/waldo.cache
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Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Elements Organizer/Catalogs/My Catalog/WaldoData/waldo.cache
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Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%/VirtualStore/ProgramData/Adobe/Photoshop Elements/File Agent/WatchFolder.3.cache
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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 12 that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.