Picasa 3
What is Picasa 3?
Picasa is an image organizer and image viewer for organizing and editing digital photos, plus an integrated photo-sharing website. Picasa is 3 supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and has Google+ integration for users of that service. Version 3.9 also removed integration with Picasa Web Albums for users of Google+. For organizing photos, Picasa has file importing and tracking features, as well as tags, facial recognition, and collections for further sorting. It also offers several basic photo editing functions, including color enhancement, red eye reduction, and cropping. Other features include slide shows, printing, and image timelines. Images can also be prepared for external use, such as for e-mailing or printing, by reducing file size and setting up page layouts.
About (from Google Inc)
Picasa can transfer, find, organize, edit, print, and share images, all with this easy-to-use product. Watch Picasa automatically organize all your pictures into elegant albums by date. Having all your photos in one place means no more time wasted searching for folders or files. The program works with JPEG, GIF, BMP, P... Read more
Overview
- Integrates into the web browser
Program details
URL: www.picasa.com
Help link: photos.google.com
Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Google\Picasa3
Uninstaller: "C:\Program Files\Google\Picasa3\Uninstall.exe"
Estimated size: 85.47 MB
Files installed by Picasa 3
| Program executable: | Picasa3.exe |
| Name: | Picasa |
| Signed by: | Google Inc. |
| Path: | C:\Program Files\google\picasa3\Picasa3.exe |
| MD5: | 610a5aed8749c6fa51023aecf823e75d |
Additional files:
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PicasaPhotoViewer.exe - Picasa Photo Viewer
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GPAutoBackup_Setup.exe - Picasa Updater (Picasa)
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setup.exe
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moviethumb.exe - Picasa
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npPicasa3.dll - Picasa plugin
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Picasa3.exe
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PicasaUpdater.exe
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uninstall.exe - Installer for Picasa
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Picasa3i18n.dll
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qtsupport.dll
Behaviors exhibited
Autoplay Handler
- Picasa3.exe is registered as an AutoPlay event handler named 'Picasa2ImportPicturesOnArrival' with the ProgID of 'picasa2.autoplay' and the action verb 'import.
Google Chrome Plugin
- npPicasa3.dll is loaded in the Google Chrome web browser as 'npPicasa3.dll'.
Mozilla Plugin
- npPicasa3.dll is loaded into Mozilla Firefox under the product name '@google.com/npPicasa3,version=3.0.0' with a plugin key of '@google.com/npPicasa3,version=3.0.0' for all users of the PC.
Scheduled Task
- Picasa3.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{DA7565D5-4A45-41B6-8683-2C5DD75F16EF}'.
Resource utilization averages
Show technical details
| Picasa3.exe |
| Memory: | 113.34 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.0007318706% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.00060372% | |
| User CPU: | 0.00012815% | |
| PicasaPhotoViewer.exe |
| Memory: | 46.34 MB | |
| Total CPU: | 0.1386017722% | |
| Kernel CPU: | 0.03555393% | |
| User CPU: | 0.10304784% | |
| CPU cycles/sec: | 15,521,901 | |
| Switches/sec: | 194 | |
| I/O reads/min: | 407.94 KB | |
How do I remove Picasa 3?
You can uninstall Picasa 3 from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window's Control Panel.
- On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
- Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
- When you find the program Picasa 3, click it, and then do one of the following:
- Windows Vista/7/8/10: Click Uninstall.
- Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
- Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove Picasa 3.
How do I reset my web browser?
If your web browser homepage and search settings have been modfied by Picasa 3 you can restore them to their previous default settings.
Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Open Internet Explorer and click the Tools button, and then click Internet options.
- Click the Advanced tab, and then click Reset. Select the Delete personal settings check box if you would also like to remove search providers, Accelerators and home pages. When Internet Explorer finishes applying default settings, click Close, and then click OK.
- The changes will take effect the next time you open IE.
Mozilla Firefox
- At the top of the Firefox window, click the Firefox button, go over to the Help sub-menu and select Troubleshooting Information.
- To continue, click Reset Firefox in the confirmation window that opens. It will close and be reset.
- When it's done, a window will list the information that was imported. Click Finish and Firefox will open.
Google Chrome
- Open Chrome and click the Chrome menu on the browser toolbar.
- Select Settings. In the "Search" section, click Manage search engine. Check if (Default) is displayed next to your preferred search engine. If not, mouse over it and click Make default. Mouse over any other suspicious search engine entries that are not familiar and click X to remove them.
- When the "Show Home button" checkbox is selected, a web address appears below it. If you want the Homepage button to open up a different webpage, click Change to enter a link.
- Restart Google Chrome.
OS VERSIONS
Win 7 (SP1) 52%
Win 10 0%
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HOW DOES IT RUN?
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Plugs into Mozilla Firefox
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USER ACTIONS
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Uninstall it 6%
Keep it 94%
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Windows
Which Windows OS versions does it run on?
| Windows 7 |
57.36% |
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| Windows 10 |
30.10% |
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| Windows Vista |
6.83% |
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| Windows XP |
5.70% |
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| Windows Server 2003 |
0.01% |
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Which OS releases does it run on? |
| Windows 7 Home Premium |
30.79% |
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| Windows 7 Ultimate |
13.76% |
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| Windows 7 Professional |
9.90% |
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| Windows 10 Home |
7.73% |
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| Windows 8.1 |
6.96% |
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| Microsoft Windows XP |
5.63% |
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Geography
42.37% of installs come from the United States
Which countries install it?
| United States |
42.37% |
| Germany |
8.56% |
| United Kingdom |
4.49% |
| France |
4.40% |
| India |
3.90% |
| Italy |
2.83% |
| Canada |
2.69% |
| Netherlands |
2.41% |
| Brazil |
1.83% |
| Belgium |
1.54% |
| Australia |
1.52% |
| Spain |
1.28% |
| Israel |
1.18% |
| Poland |
0.92% |
PC manufacturers
What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?
| Hewlett-Packard |
26.00% |
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| Dell |
22.34% |
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| Acer |
17.41% |
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| ASUS |
9.59% |
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| Toshiba |
7.14% |
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| GIGABYTE |
5.50% |
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| Lenovo |
4.44% |
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| Samsung |
3.77% |
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| Intel |
1.70% |
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| Medion |
1.07% |
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| American Megatrends |
1.03% |
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Common models |
| HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook ... |
6.55% |
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| HP Pavilion g6 Notebook P... |
5.29% |
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| HP Pavilion dv7 Notebook ... |
5.10% |
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| ASUS All Series |
3.24% |
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| HP Pavilion g7 Notebook P... |
2.64% |
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| Dell Inspiron N5110 |
2.53% |
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About Google Inc
Google provides Internet-based products and services such as advertising technologies, internet search, cloud computing, and software.
Publisher URL: www.google.com