HP Drive Encryption

A guide to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your PC

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove HP Drive Encryption for Windows. It was created for Windows by Hewlett-Packard Company. Go over here where you can read more on Hewlett-Packard Company. Please open www.hp.com/services/protecttools if you want to read more on HP Drive Encryption on Hewlett-Packard Company's page. Usually the HP Drive Encryption program is placed in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption directory, depending on the user's option during install. HP Drive Encryption's entire uninstall command line is C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {5A38BB95-ED05-48B9-AA60-4C24BEF25FD2}. The application's main executable file is labeled WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe and occupies 38.73 KB (39664 bytes).

HP Drive Encryption contains of the executables below. They occupy 2.36 MB (2474736 bytes) on disk.

• SDPEFilter.exe (236.50 KB)
• SDPEFilter_X64.exe (896.50 KB)
• WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe (38.73 KB)
• WMPBR.exe (197.50 KB)
• SDEFITool_X64.exe (1.02 MB)

The current web page applies to HP Drive Encryption version 8.6.15.30 only. You can find here a few links to other HP Drive Encryption versions:

• 8.6.2.59
• 8.6.1.80
• 8.6.6.16
• 8.6.4.82
• 8.6.14.20
• 8.5.2.12
• 8.6.11.10
• 8.6.3.65
• 8.6.1.160
• 8.6.7.27
• 8.5.4.124
• 8.6.8.45
• 8.6.16.42
• 8.6.10.35
• 8.6.13.12
• 8.6.5.142
• 8.5.1.138
• 8.6.21.61
• 8.6.20.33

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If you're planning to uninstall HP Drive Encryption you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\59BB83A550DE9B84AA06C442EB2FF52D
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\59BB83A550DE9B84AA06C442EB2FF52D\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cphs\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfHost\ImagePath

How to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Drive Encryption is a program offered by the software company Hewlett-Packard Company. Some users try to erase this application. This is difficult because doing this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE manner to erase HP Drive Encryption 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 Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find HP Drive Encryption or simply activate the Search field and type in "HP Drive Encryption". If it is installed on your PC the HP Drive Encryption application will be found automatically. Notice that when you click HP Drive Encryption in the list of apps, the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding HP Drive Encryption, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for HP Drive Encryption:

• The publisher is: www.hp.com/services/protecttools
• The uninstall string is: C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {5A38BB95-ED05-48B9-AA60-4C24BEF25FD2}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall HP Drive Encryption.


8. After uninstalling HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of HP Drive Encryption that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling HP Drive Encryption with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove HP Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company from your PC, nor are we saying that HP Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company is not a good application for your PC. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove HP Drive Encryption in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.