Windows Live Photo Gallery by Windows

What is Windows Live Photo Gallery?

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Overview

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How do I clean Windows Live Photo Gallery?

Windows Live Photo Gallery 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 Windows Live Photo Gallery
with AppCleaner

If you want to clean Windows Live Photo Gallery manually, you can follow the steps outlined below. There is one location in the file system where Windows Live Photo Gallery stores data that can be cleaned.Additionally,Windows Live Photo Gallery stores private data in three registry keys.

Registry

To clean the registry from data stored by Windows Live Photo Gallery, 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 Microsoft.
   • Expand Windows Live.
   • Click Photo Gallery.
   • Right-click galleryscopedfolders in the right pane.
   • 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 Microsoft.
   • Expand Windows Live.
   • Expand Photo Aquisition.
   • Click Camera.
   • Right-click FinenameTemplate in the right pane.
   • 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 Microsoft.
   • Expand Windows Live.
   • Expand Photo Aquisition.
   • Click Camera.
   • Right-click RootDirectory in the right pane.
   • Choose Delete from the context menu.
   • Click Yes.

Files

To clean your file system from files stored by Windows Live Photo Gallery and to gain free disk space, examine the following file system location. 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 Windows Live Photo Gallery that can be cleaned:

1. Type dir /s %LOCALAPPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows Live Photo Gallery/*
   • Windows XP: Type dir /s %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data/Microsoft/Windows Live Photo Gallery/*

Once you have identified the files stored by Windows Live Photo Gallery that you want to clean, delete them using the del command or Windows Explorer.