Below you will find the instructions to manually remove Painter Essentials 5 onto your system.
These steps are to be performed if you are unable to uninstall Painter Essentials 5 in Windows using Programs and Features, Uninstall a program, or if you are unable to reinstall and the program is not present.
Note: Before you start, ensure you have the necessary information such as link/DVD and serial number to reinstall.
Part One - Windows Explorer
1) Open File Explorer
2) Navigate to C:\Windows\Installer
3) Change your view to "details"
4) Right click on the sorting tool bar, and select Title
5) Click on Title to sort the list alphabetically
6) Scroll through the list, regarding the items under Title, and delete all Painter Essentials 5 entries
7) Change the location then to C:\Program Files\Corel
8) Delete the folder Painter Essentials 5
9) Close the File Explorer Window
Part Two - Windows Registry
NOTE: Be sure once entering, to click File> Export> And save a copy of your registry before continuing. Be also sure that the Export Range on the bottom left, is set to All before you press save.
1) On your keyboard, hold the Windows Key down and tap the letter R
2) In the run box that appears, type in regedit and press enter
NOTE: To drill down to the necessary locations, simply double click on each heading to expand the list
3) Navigate to the following location HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Products
4) Delete the following keys of present
20B984629F6A64F45AD9BD56AFF84D9F
241112990B2E8EC43AA597A235B1DA04
275D99E8E7EE0484C997AF621CAF802D
2C6AB00B27DF43448AD214C556AD53C9
5252D2664B31FB1428F4352A0E6DAF28
5A711C7ED79EB784EA6B2139AFB08F6E
5D76526F277C9A441879B3614DE29B44
73DB53E700F3BCF43A75295F0DDCCEA2
BD1E4EA725DDAD6408C6031AD0F3ED7A
C4A595A5E01E5964984113A77EC7BB97
5) Navigate to the following location
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-518\Products
6) Delete the following keys of present
20B984629F6A64F45AD9BD56AFF84D9F
241112990B2E8EC43AA597A235B1DA04
275D99E8E7EE0484C997AF621CAF802D
2C6AB00B27DF43448AD214C556AD53C9
5252D2664B31FB1428F4352A0E6DAF28
5A711C7ED79EB784EA6B2139AFB08F6E
5D76526F277C9A441879B3614DE29B44
73DB53E700F3BCF43A75295F0DDCCEA2
BD1E4EA725DDAD6408C6031AD0F3ED7A
C4A595A5E01E5964984113A77EC7BB97
7) Close the registry
8) Restart the computer
Part Three - You are ready to reinstall
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