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A guide to uninstall Picasa 3 from your PC

Picasa 3 is a Windows program. Read below about how to remove it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Google, Inc.. Open here for more info on Google, Inc.. Please follow if you want to read more on Picasa 3 on Google, Inc.'s web page. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3 folder. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's choice. Picasa 3's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\Uninstall.exe. The program's main executable file occupies 7.32 MB (7673336 bytes) on disk and is named Picasa3.exe.

The executable files below are installed along with Picasa 3. They occupy about 26.56 MB (27852528 bytes) on disk.

  • moviethumb.exe (441.49 KB)
  • Picasa3.exe (7.32 MB)
  • PicasaPhotoViewer.exe (3.72 MB)
  • PicasaUpdater.exe (789.49 KB)
  • setup.exe (11.81 MB)
  • Uninstall.exe (161.29 KB)
  • PicasaCD.exe (1.37 MB)
  • PicasaRestore.exe (1,009.49 KB)
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The current page applies to Picasa 3 version 3.6 only. You can find below a few links to other Picasa 3 releases:

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are listed below.

Directories that were left behind:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3
  • C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Google\Picasa2

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall Picasa 3:
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\buttons\core-lh2.pbz
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\buttons\geotag.pbz
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\cdgo.tre
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\cdgo.ui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Download Picasa.url
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\GoogleBreakpad
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Resources
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\GoogleBreakpad
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Info.plist
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Inspector
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Info.plist
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\MacOS\Reporter
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\PkgInfo
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\de.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\en_GB.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\es.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\fr.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\it.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\ja.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\nl.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\zh_CN.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\zh_TW.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\Current
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Info.plist
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\MacOS\Picasa CD Slideshow
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\PkgInfo
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\cdgo.tre
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\cdgo.ui
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\crosshairthin.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\deletecursor.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\Dialogs.nib\classes.nib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\Dialogs.nib\info.nib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\Dialogs.nib\objects.xib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\dropper.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\NESW.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\NWSE.png
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa CD Slideshow.app\Contents\Resources\PicasaCD.icns
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\GoogleBreakpad
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Resources
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\GoogleBreakpad
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Info.plist
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Inspector
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Info.plist
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\MacOS\Reporter
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\PkgInfo
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\de.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\en_GB.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\es.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\fr.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\it.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\ja.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\nl.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\zh_CN.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\A\Resources\Reporter.app\Contents\Resources\zh_TW.lproj\Localizable.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Frameworks\GoogleBreakpad.framework\Versions\Current
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Info.plist
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\MacOS\Picasa Restore
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\PkgInfo
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\InfoPlist.strings
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\PRMainMenu.nib\classes.nib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\PRMainMenu.nib\info.nib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\PRMainMenu.nib\keyedobjects.nib
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\Picasa Restore.app\Contents\Resources\PicasaRestore.icns
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\PicasaCD.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\cdautorun\PicasaRestore.exe
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_bg.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_ca.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_cs.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_da.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_de.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_el.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_es.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_fi.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_fr.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_hi.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_hr.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_hu.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_id.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_it.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_ja.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_ko.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_lt.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_lv.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_nl.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_no.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_pl.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_pt-BR.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_ro.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_ru.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_sk.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_sl.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_sr.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_sv.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_th.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_tr.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_uk.html
  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\i18n\uninstall_vi.html

Registry that is not removed:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Google.PhotoViewer.3.0\Shell\Upload To Picasa Web Albums
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\picasa
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Picasa
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Common\Google Updater\apps\picasa
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Google\Picasa
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Tracing\Picasa3_RASAPI32
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Picasa 3
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MozillaPlugins\@google.com/npPicasa3,version=3.0.0\MimeTypes\application/x-picasa-detect
  • HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\Picasa3

Additional registry values that you should clean:
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\PicasaPhotoViewer.exe.ApplicationCompany
  • HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\PicasaPhotoViewer.exe.FriendlyAppName


How to uninstall Picasa 3 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Picasa 3 is a program offered by the software company Google, Inc.. Sometimes, people choose to remove this program. Sometimes this can be hard because performing this manually requires some know-how related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY way to remove Picasa 3 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to clean your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Picasa 3 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Picasa 3". If it exists on your system the Picasa 3 app will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Picasa 3 in the list of apps, the following information about the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about Picasa 3, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Details about the application you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
For example you can see that for Picasa 3:





  • The web site of the application is: http://google.com/support/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Picasa3\Uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Picasa 3.
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8. After uninstalling Picasa 3, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Picasa 3 which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling Picasa 3 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Geographical user distribution

  • 10.0
  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
  • Windows 7 (6.1)
  • Windows XP (5.1)
  • Windows 8 (6.2)
  • Windows Vista (6.0)
  • Windows Server 2003 (5.2)
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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove Picasa 3 by Google, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that Picasa 3 by Google, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed instructions on how to remove Picasa 3 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.

2016-06-18 / Written by Andreea Kartman for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2016-06-18 20:33:27.063