Picasa 2

A way to uninstall Picasa 2 from your computer

This info is about Picasa 2 for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. The Windows version was created by Google, Inc.. More info about Google, Inc. can be seen here. Further information about Picasa 2 can be seen at http://www.picasa.com/support/. The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files\Picasa2 folder (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files\Picasa2\Uninstall.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Picasa 2. Picasa2.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 5.30 MB (5560120 bytes) on disk.

Picasa 2 contains of the executables below. They occupy 12.90 MB (13523649 bytes) on disk.

• moviethumb.exe (125.80 KB)
• Picasa2.exe (5.30 MB)
• PicasaMediaDetector.exe (357.81 KB)
• PicasaUpdate.exe (465.80 KB)
• setup.exe (5.13 MB)
• Uninstall.exe (112.54 KB)
• PicasaCD.exe (849.81 KB)
• PicasaRestore.exe (481.82 KB)
• pxhpinst.exe (66.74 KB)
• pxsetup.exe (66.74 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 2.0 of Picasa 2. When you're planning to uninstall Picasa 2 you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall Picasa 2:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2

Files remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\cdautorun\cdgo.psd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\cdautorun\cdgo.tre
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\cdautorun\PicasaCD.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\cdautorun\PicasaRestore.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_bg.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_ca.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_cs.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_da.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_de.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_el.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_es.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_et.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_fi.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_fr.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_hi.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_hr.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_hu.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_id.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_is.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_it.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_ja.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_ko.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_lt.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_lv.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_nl.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_no.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_pl.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_pt-BR.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_ro.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_ru.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_sk.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_sl.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_sr.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_sv.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_th.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_tl.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_tr.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_uk.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_vi.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_zh-CN.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\i18n\uninstall_zh-TW.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\moviethumb.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\Picasa2.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\Picasa2.scr
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\picasai18n.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\PicasaMediaDetector.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\PicasaUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\CDVDR.yti
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\pconfig.dcf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\PrimoSDK.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\px.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\pxdrv.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\pxhpinst.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\pxmas.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\pxwave.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\CDVDR\vxblock.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\expwebsites\expwebsites.psd
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\expwebsites\expwebsites.yti
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\plugins\ytITivo.yti
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\qtsupport.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\bezier.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\btnconfig.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\constants.ui
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\defaults.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\filterdesc.xml
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\filters.txt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\google_transparent.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\HelveticaNeue Condensed-20-1.000000-400-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\HelveticaNeue MediumCond-14-1.000000-400-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\HelveticaNeue MediumCond-28-1.000000-400-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\missing.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\Praxis LT Regular-18-1.000000-400-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\Praxis Semi Bold-Heavy-11-1.000000-400-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\Praxis Semi Bold-Heavy-12-1.000000-400-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\Praxis Semi Bold-Heavy-14-1.000000-400-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\Praxis Semi Bold-Heavy-18-1.000000-700-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\Praxis Semi Bold-Heavy-24-1.000000-400-0.ytf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\respack.yt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\slogo.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\spl_tagline_zh-CN.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\spl_tagline_zh-TW.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashbk.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_de.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_es.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_fr.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_it.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_jp.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_ko.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_nl.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_pt-BR.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_ru.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_zh-CN.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\runtime\splashlogo_zh-TW.jpg
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\Uninstall.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\update\LifeScapeUpdater\currentversion.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\web\documentation\examples\assets\maketext18.gif
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Picasa2\web\documentation\examples\assets\nav.gif

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\picasa2.autoplay
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Picasa
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Picasa2

How to erase Picasa 2 from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Picasa 2 is a program marketed by Google, Inc.. Some computer users choose to remove this program. This is troublesome because deleting this manually takes some experience related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE solution to remove Picasa 2 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to optimize your Windows computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Picasa 2 or simply click the Search field and type in "Picasa 2". The Picasa 2 application will be found very quickly. When you select Picasa 2 in the list of programs, some data about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Picasa 2, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Picasa 2:

• The publisher is: http://www.picasa.com/support/
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files\Picasa2\Uninstall.exe

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Picasa 2.


8. After uninstalling Picasa 2, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Picasa 2 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Picasa 2 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Picasa 2 by Google, Inc. from your computer, we are not saying that Picasa 2 by Google, Inc. is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall Picasa 2 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.