Driver Detective

A guide to uninstall Driver Detective from your system

Driver Detective is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by PC Drivers HeadQuarters. More information on PC Drivers HeadQuarters can be found here. You can see more info related to Driver Detective at http://www.drivershq.com. The application is often located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective directory (same installation drive as Windows). Driver Detective's full uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{5D6D605B-E4B7-490B-A794-9284BC3D2A8B}. The application's main executable file is named DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.exe and its approximative size is 7.23 MB (7579264 bytes).

Driver Detective is composed of the following executables which occupy 7.52 MB (7888624 bytes) on disk:

• Agent.CPU.exe (67.63 KB)
• DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.exe (7.23 MB)
• DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.Updater.exe (212.13 KB)
• ISUninstall.exe (22.36 KB)

This info is about Driver Detective version 9.1.4.35 alone. You can find here a few links to other Driver Detective versions:

• 7.0.0
• 6.3.0
• 9
• 8.0.0
• 9.1.4.44
• 6.0.0.0
• 8.1
• 9.1.4.30
• 8.0.1
• 7
• 6.2.200
• 9.1.4.17
• 9.1.4.4
• 8
• 6.2.070
• 9.1.4.28
• 9.1.4.48

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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries can not be removed when you are trying to remove Driver Detective from your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall Driver Detective from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective

The files below remain on your disk by Driver Detective's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\Agent.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\Agent.Common.XmlSerializers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\Agent.Communication.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\Agent.Communication.XmlSerializers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\ExceptionLogging.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\Interop.WUApiLib.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\RuleEngine.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\RuleEngine.XmlSerializers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\PC Drivers HeadQuarters\Driver Detective\ThemePack.Default.dll
• C:\Windows\Installer\{5D6D605B-E4B7-490B-A794-9284BC3D2A8B}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Usually the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B506D6D57B4EB0947A492948CBD3A2B8
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5D6D605B-E4B7-490B-A794-9284BC3D2A8B}

Additional values that you should clean:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B506D6D57B4EB0947A492948CBD3A2B8\ProductName

How to uninstall Driver Detective from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Driver Detective is a program offered by the software company PC Drivers HeadQuarters. Frequently, computer users try to remove this application. Sometimes this can be troublesome because uninstalling this by hand requires some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK solution to remove Driver Detective is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to clean your system.

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• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Driver Detective or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Driver Detective". If it exists on your system the Driver Detective application will be found very quickly. When you select Driver Detective in the list of applications, some data about the application is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about Driver Detective, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for Driver Detective:

• The software company is: http://www.drivershq.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{5D6D605B-E4B7-490B-A794-9284BC3D2A8B}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Driver Detective.


8. After uninstalling Driver Detective, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Driver Detective which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Driver Detective with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Driver Detective by PC Drivers HeadQuarters from your computer, nor are we saying that Driver Detective by PC Drivers HeadQuarters is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Driver Detective in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.