How to Reinstall Picasa 3

By Will Conley

Google acquired Picasa in 2006.
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Picasa 3 is a photo and video management program from Google. You can download and install the Picasa 3 photo free of charge at the Picasa 3 website. After that you can instruct the program to import all photos and videos on your hard drive for viewing, editing and synchronizing. The photos and videos are not copied but merely made available to the program so that it can work with them. If you are experiencing problems with Picasa 3 one common solution is to reinstall it. Doing so does not affect any photos and videos you may have imported earlier.

Step 1

Open a Web browser and navigate to the Picasa download page at picasa.google.com

Step 2

Click the "Download Picasa" button. Click the "Save" button and save the installer to your desktop.

Step 3

Double-click the installer to open it. Click "Run."

Step 4

Click "I Agree" and "Install" in the installation wizard. Wait for the installer to extract the installation files.

Step 5

Click the "Finish" button.

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