Lightroom

A guide to uninstall Lightroom from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove Lightroom for Windows. The Windows release was developed by Adobe. You can read more on Adobe or check for application updates here. Click on http://www.adobe.com to get more data about Lightroom on Adobe's website. The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 1.3 folder (same installation drive as Windows). The entire uninstall command line for Lightroom is MsiExec.exe /I{6297F8EC-D821-4B33-B845-8A8D1A0DF472}. lightroom.exe is the Lightroom's main executable file and it occupies circa 1.46 MB (1530880 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Lightroom. They take an average of 1.59 MB (1664760 bytes) on disk.

• apdproxy.exe (60.00 KB)
• lightroom.exe (1.46 MB)
• pxsetup.exe (70.74 KB)

The current web page applies to Lightroom version 1.30.0000 alone. Click on the links below for other Lightroom versions:

• 1.41.0000
• 1.40.0000

Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry data can not be uninstalled when you want to remove Lightroom from your PC.

The files below remain on your disk by Lightroom when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\HelpCfg\de_DE\Lightroom_3.0.helpcfg
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\HelpCfg\en_US\Lightroom_3.0.helpcfg
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\HelpCfg\es_ES\Lightroom_3.0.helpcfg
• C:\Program Files\Common Files\Adobe\HelpCfg\fr_FR\Lightroom_3.0.helpcfg

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{6297F8EC-D821-4B33-B845-8A8D1A0DF472}

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{6297F8EC-D821-4B33-B845-8A8D1A0DF472}\

A way to delete Lightroom from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Lightroom is a program released by Adobe. Some users choose to remove this application. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this by hand requires some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK procedure to remove Lightroom is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Lightroom or simply click the Search field and type in "Lightroom". If it exists on your system the Lightroom program will be found very quickly. When you click Lightroom in the list of programs, some information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have about Lightroom, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Lightroom:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.adobe.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{6297F8EC-D821-4B33-B845-8A8D1A0DF472}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Lightroom.


8. After removing Lightroom, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Lightroom which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Lightroom using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove Lightroom by Adobe from your PC, nor are we saying that Lightroom by Adobe is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Lightroom in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.