Looking for a workable way to get PicFX off your system? There are always many reasons that make you want to uninstall programs from your computer from time to time. To keep your computer work properly, it's always a good habit to uninstall PicFX you haven't used for a long time. However, we cannot have everything we wish for. There may be also many problems that make you not able to uninstall PicFX from your PC, such as program errors, program not listed in Programs and Features, corrupted programs and so on. Therefore, to help you out, we've also worked out a few workable methods as well.
Possible Error Caused by Incorrect Uninstall Methods
Error example
The above error messages are all caused by incomplete uninstallation of related programs. Incompletely uninstallation of a program will leave some invalid keys in the system registry, which will cause such error pop-ups when the system still executes them.
Automatically Uninstall PicFX (Recommended):
This Automatic Uninstaller will completely scan through the whole registry and hard drive and detect all files and components that belong to PicFX. With this Automatic Uninstaller, uninstalling a program completely can be as easy as ABC for you in the future.
Manually Uninstall PicFX:
Step 1: End all processes that are related to PicFX
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of PicFX in the registry
Step 4: Delete leftovers of PicFX in hard drive
Step 1: End all processes that are related to PicFX
Hold Ctrl, Shift and Esc keys on the keyboard to open Task Manager. Then click on the related process and click End Process (in Windows 7, Vista) or End Task (in Windows 8) button.
Step 2: Uninstall PicFX
You can uninstall PicFX by any of the following uninstall methods:
Method 1: Uninstall PicFX via Control Panel
1. Press Windows key and R key to open Run command.
2. When Run command pops up, type in appwiz.cpl and then hit OK button.
3. Right click on PicFX and click Uninstall to uninstall PicFX
Note: Usually, computer users can uninstall programs like PicFX through Control Panel. But not everything can go as people wish and problems happen sometimes. For example, users may not be able to find PicFX in Control Panel, or the uninstallation is interrupted due to some strange errors. If problems happen unexpectedly and you really want to completely remove PicFX from your computer system, you need to perform the following steps and manually remove all of its files and components out of the system.
Method 2: Uninstall PicFX using its Uninstall.exe
If you cannot find PicFX in Programs and Features, then you may be able to uninstall it thru its uninstall.exe.
a. For 32-bit Windows 7, Vista, 8 or later, open the C:\Program Files folder, open the program's folder (ex: WinRAR), and go to step 3 below.
b. For 64-bit Windows 7, Vista, 8 or later, open either the C:\Program Files folder for an installed 64-bit program or C:\Program Files (x86) folder for a installed 32-bit program, and open the program's folder (ex: WinRAR).
Method 3: Reinstall to Uninstall PicFX
If some of program files that are needed to uninstall PicFX are missing or corrupted, you may fail to uninstall it. Believe it or not, reinstalling PicFX may do the trick. If you still keep the original disk or the download file of PicFX, you can try that to repair the program. After repairing the program, you can try to uninstall it again.
Method 4: Use System Restore to Uninstall PicFX
System Restore is a useful built-in utility that allows computer users to roll back to the previous state when the computer works properly. If you have a habit of creating a system restore point before installing a new program, you can roll back to this system restore point if this new piece of program is not up to your expectation or cannot be uninstalled from your computer properly.
Step 3: Delete invalid entries of PicFX in the registry
Video Guide: How to back up and edit the registry
Note: It's very important for you to know that the registry is one of the most important part of the Windows system, you should be extremely careful when deleting any keys in the registry. Any small mistake can result in severe problems or even system crash. So removing PicFX by editing the registry is only recommended to computer users with certain computer knowledge. If you don't want to take the risk to damage your computer system, it's recomended that you use this Automatic Registry Cleaner to clean invalid keys.
Step 4: End all processes that are related to PicFX
Even you uninstall PicFX in Control Panel and remove invalid keys in the registry, there are still some folders left in hard drive. To completely remove PicFX from your system, you can go to the following locations to delete the folders of PicFX.
C:\Program Files (x86)
C:\Program Files
C:\ProgramData
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local
C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming
Uninstall PicFX via Automatic Uninstaller
Manually uninstalling PicFX cannot promise a 100% removal of PicFX, especially for computer users with little computer knowledge. If you have tried the above manual uninstall steps but still cannot get PicFX removed from your system, it's very necessary for you to use this Automatic Uninstaller to do it for you. With only a few clicks, you can easily uninstall any stubborn program from your computer system.
