HP Drive Encryption

How to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your system

This page is about HP Drive Encryption for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by Hewlett-Packard Company. Further information on Hewlett-Packard Company can be found here. Further information about HP Drive Encryption can be found at www.hp.com/services/protecttools. Usually the HP Drive Encryption application is to be found in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full command line for removing HP Drive Encryption is C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {7265FBBC-A897-4CEB-8CE5-357470B70427}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. The application's main executable file is labeled WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe and it has a size of 38.73 KB (39664 bytes).

HP Drive Encryption is composed of the following executables which take 2.17 MB (2272496 bytes) on disk:

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

The information on this page is only about version 8.6.13.12 of HP Drive Encryption. You can find below info on other versions of HP Drive Encryption:

• 8.6.2.59
• 8.6.1.80
• 8.6.6.16
• 8.6.15.30
• 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
• 8.6.5.142
• 8.5.1.138
• 8.6.21.61
• 8.6.20.33

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you uninstall HP Drive Encryption.

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\CBBF5627798ABEC4C85E5347077B4072
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\CBBF5627798ABEC4C85E5347077B4072\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cphs\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfHost\ImagePath

How to erase HP Drive Encryption from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Drive Encryption is an application released by the software company Hewlett-Packard Company. Frequently, computer users decide to uninstall this application. This can be difficult because deleting this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY manner to uninstall 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 PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your PC.

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

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find HP Drive Encryption or simply click the Search feature and type in "HP Drive Encryption". If it is installed on your PC the HP Drive Encryption app will be found automatically. Notice that when you select HP Drive Encryption in the list of apps, some information about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about HP Drive Encryption, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the program you are about to uninstall, by pressing 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 {7265FBBC-A897-4CEB-8CE5-357470B70427}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove HP Drive Encryption.


8. After uninstalling HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of HP Drive Encryption that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing HP Drive Encryption using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove HP Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company from your computer, we are not saying that HP Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed instructions 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.