CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017: How to manually uninstall

Here is the procedure to uninstall CDGS 2017, including all locations where files/components may remain after a failed uninstall attempt

1. Restart your operating system to ensure everything is properly closed and complete any pending Windows updates successfully.
2. In Windows Control Panel, click Uninstall a program.
3. Remove these programs in this particular order, if installed.

• Corel Graphics - Windows Shell Extension
• Ghostscript GPL 8.64
• CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017.ensuring that Remove User Files is checked.

If the option for ‘Remove User Files’ is checked, application user files such as workspaces, application preferences will be removed.

4. It is also recommended that you visually inspect the installation and user folders, as well as the user location in the registry (if possible) for files and entries that may have been left behind. If they have not been removed during the uninstall process, they may need to be manually deleted.

Below are the locations which you should look in after uninstalling CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2017. Look specifically for entries related to 2017; if you have earlier versions, other entries will exist.

Installed folder location (default):

• 64-bit version on 64-bit OS, 32-bit version on 32-bit OS: C:\Program Files\Corel
• 32-bit version on 64-bit OS: C:\Program Files (x86)\Corel

User File location:

• %appdata% or C:\Users\<accountname>\AppData\Roaming\Corel

C:\Users\<accountname>\Documents\Corel

Public File location:

• C:\Users\Public\Documents\Corel

All Users File location:

• C:\Users\All Users\Corel

ProgramData File location:

• C:\ProgramData\Corel

Registry locations:  You may want to back up the registry before using regedit.

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Corel\
• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Corel\CorelDRAW\19.0
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Corel\ (32-bit version on 32-bit OS, 64-bit version on 64-bit OS)
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Corel\ (32-bit version on 64-bit OS)

Installer .msi components: c:\windows\installer folder

• This is a hidden folder, so you will need to type the path directly in a Windows Explorer window, or Run command.
• Set the display of the Windows Explorer window to show Details. Right click on the column headings (eg Name) and enable the Title column. Click the Title heading to sort by title and scroll to the Corel installed applications.
• If there are any related 2017 .msi files, do not delete them, as they will need to be uninstalled one at a time. To uninstall them, right click on each and choose ‘Uninstall’.

5. After the above steps, reboot the system.