Priya Kapoor
If you want to uninstall and reinstall Painter Essentials 6, you should first check if you can do so through the Windows Add/Remove (Programs and Features) Programs menu. If that doesn't work, you can manually remove Painter Essentials by following a series of steps, including opening File Explorer, navigating to specific locations, deleting Painter Essentials entries, and making changes to the registry. After uninstalling, you can grab the installer from the official website and reinstall the program.
| Characteristics | Values |
|---|---|
| Uninstallation method | Uninstall through the Windows Add/Remove (Programs and Features) Programs menu |
| Reinstallation method | Download installer from https://www.painterartist.com/en/pages/download/ |
| Version | 6 |
| Update | Update 1 |
| Changes | Reset workspace, restore default factory settings, update background of Welcome screen, About box, and Save dialog box, fix gesture issues on Wacom tablets with multi-touch enabled, access additional brush packs from Brush Selector |
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What You'll Learn
Uninstall Painter Essentials 6 via Windows Programs and Features
To uninstall Painter Essentials 6 via Windows Programs and Features, follow these steps:
First, ensure that the Painter Essentials 6 program is fully closed before beginning the uninstall process. You can do this by clicking the 'X' in the upper-right corner of the program.
If you are running Windows 8/8.1:
- Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, then tap 'Search'.
- Enter 'Control Panel' in the search box, then tap or click 'Control Panel'.
- Under 'View by', select 'Large Icons', then tap or click 'Programs and Features'.
- Tap or click 'Painter Essentials 6', then tap or click 'Uninstall'.
If you are running Windows Vista or Windows 7:
- Click on the 'Start' button, then select 'Control Panel'.
- Under 'View by', select 'Large Icons', then tap or click 'Programs and Features'.
- Tap or click 'Painter Essentials 6', then tap or click 'Uninstall'.
If you are running Windows XP:
- Click on the 'Start' button and select 'Control Panel'.
- Select the 'Add or Remove Programs' button.
- Select 'Painter Essentials 6' from the list of programs.
- Click the 'Change/Remove' button, then click 'Uninstall' in the confirmation dialog to finish removing the program.
Note that you may need the serial number and link/DVD to reinstall the program after uninstalling it.
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Manually remove the program from your Windows registry
To manually remove Painter Essentials 6 from your Windows registry, you must first ensure that the program is completely uninstalled from your computer.
Next, open the File Explorer and navigate to the following path: C:\Windows\Installer. Change your view to "Details", then right-click on the sorting toolbar and select "Title". Sort the list alphabetically by clicking on "Title" again, then scroll through the list and delete all Painter Essentials 6 entries.
After that, change the location to C:\Program Files\Corel and delete the "Painter Essentials 6" folder. Now, change the location to %temp% and select all items, pressing Shift + Delete to delete them. Some items may not delete, which is fine—just click the checkbox to perform the action again and click "Skip".
Before making any changes to your Windows registry, it is important to back it up. To do this, hold down the Windows Key and tap the letter R. A run box will appear. Type "regedit" and press Enter. Now, click "File", then "Export", and save a copy of your registry.
Finally, open the regedit file and navigate to the following paths, deleting all Painter Essentials 6 entries:
- HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > Installer > Products
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Installer > UserData > S-1-5-18 > Products
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE > Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > Uninstall
Be extremely cautious when modifying the registry, as it is a fundamental part of Windows. If you delete the wrong items, you could break other functioning programs or Windows itself.
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Reinstall the latest version of Painter Essentials 6
To reinstall the latest version of Painter Essentials 6, you must first uninstall the previous version.
To manually remove Painter Essentials 8 from Windows, follow these steps:
- Open File Explorer
- Navigate to C:\Windows\Installer
- Change your view to "details"
- Right-click on the sorting toolbar and select "Title"
- Click on "Title" to sort the list alphabetically
- Scroll through the list and delete all Painter Essentials 8 entries
- Change the location to C:\Program Files\Corel
- Delete the "Painter Essentials 8" folder
- Change the location to %temp%
- Select all items and press Shift + Delete (some items may not delete, which is fine)
- Click the checkbox to perform the action again and click "Skip"
- Hold the Windows key and tap the letter "R" on your keyboard
- Type "regedit" in the run box that appears and press Enter
Once you have uninstalled Painter Essentials, you can reinstall the latest version of Painter Essentials 6. Visit the PainterArtist website to download the latest version. After downloading, you may need to reset your workspace by holding down the Shift key and opening Corel Painter Essentials. This will ensure that all new features appear correctly.
If you would like to try out the latest version of Painter Essentials before purchasing, you can download a 30-day fully functional trial of Painter Essentials 7.
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Change the location to C:\Program Files\Corel
To uninstall and reinstall Painter Essentials 6, you must first manually remove the program from your system. Here is a step-by-step guide:
- Open File Explorer.
- Navigate to C:\Windows\Installer.
- Change your view to "Details".
- Right-click on the sorting toolbar and select "Title".
- Click on "Title" again to sort the list alphabetically.
- Scroll through the list and delete all Painter Essentials entries.
Now, here are detailed instructions for the next step in the process, "Change the location to C:\Program Files\Corel":
- Once you have deleted all Painter Essentials entries, you will need to change the file path.
- Change the location to C:\Program Files\Corel. This is a default folder location for 64-bit systems.
- Within this folder, you should find the Painter Essentials 6 folder.
- Delete the Painter Essentials 6 folder. By changing the location to this folder and deleting its contents, you are effectively uninstalling the program.
You can now proceed to reinstall the program by downloading the installer from the official website.
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Delete the Painter Essentials 6 folder
To delete the Painter Essentials 6 folder on a Windows device, you must first open the File Explorer. Navigate to C:\Windows\Installer and change your view to "details". Right-click on the sorting toolbar and select "Title". Click on "Title" again to sort the list alphabetically. Scroll through the list and delete all Painter Essentials 6 entries.
Next, change the location to C:\Program Files\Corel and delete the Painter Essentials 6 folder. Change the location to %temp% and select all items. Press Shift + Delete. Some items may not delete, which is fine. Simply click the checkbox to perform the action again and click Skip.
To delete the Painter Essentials 6 folder on a Mac, first, uninstall the program from your Applications folder. Next, go to the user's Library folder and delete all of the application's support files, caches, and preferences. Be sure to also empty your Trash folder.
You can also use a professional uninstallation tool to scan all of the app's files and allow you to delete them.
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