Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 by Corel

What is Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3?

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How do I clean Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3?

Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 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 Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There are three locations in the file system where Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 stores data that can be cleaned. Additionally, Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 stores private data in two registry keys.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3, 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 Corel.
   • Expand PhotoDownloader.
   • Expand 2.
   • Expand PhotoDownloader.
   • Right-click DownloadFolder.
   • 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 Corel.
   • Expand PhotoDownloader.
   • Expand 2.
   • Expand PhotoDownloader.
   • Right-click DefaultDownloadFolder.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 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 Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%\Corel\Thumbs\*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Corel\Thumbs\*
2. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Corel\*.db
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Corel\*.db
3. Type dir %LOCALAPPDATA%\Corel\*.PspCache
   • Windows XP: Type dir %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\Corel\*.PspCache
4. Type dir /s %APPDATA%\Corel\PaintShop Photo Pro\13\Cache\*

Once you have identified the files stored by Corel PaintShop Photo Pro X3 that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.

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