HP Drive Encryption

A guide to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your computer

HP Drive Encryption is a Windows application. Read below about how to remove it from your computer. The Windows release was created by Hewlett-Packard Company. Additional info about Hewlett-Packard Company can be read here. You can get more details related to HP Drive Encryption at www.hp.com/services/protecttools. HP Drive Encryption is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption folder, however this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the application. The complete uninstall command line for HP Drive Encryption is C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {3F019647-AC80-4859-B023-42D9DA71953F}. WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 38.73 KB (39664 bytes) on disk.

HP Drive Encryption installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 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 8.6.10.35 of HP Drive Encryption. For more HP Drive Encryption versions please click below:

• 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
• 8.6.13.12
• 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 typically left behind when you uninstall HP Drive Encryption.

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\746910F308CA95840B32249DAD1759F3
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

Supplementary values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\746910F308CA95840B32249DAD1759F3\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cphs\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FLCDLOCK\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfHost\ImagePath

How to erase HP Drive Encryption from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Drive Encryption is an application marketed by Hewlett-Packard Company. Sometimes, people want to remove this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this by hand requires some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE approach to remove HP Drive Encryption is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find HP Drive Encryption or simply click the Search feature and type in "HP Drive Encryption". The HP Drive Encryption app will be found very quickly. After you click HP Drive Encryption in the list of apps, some information 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 HP Drive Encryption, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for HP Drive Encryption:

• The web site of the program is: www.hp.com/services/protecttools
• The uninstall string is: C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {3F019647-AC80-4859-B023-42D9DA71953F}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall HP Drive Encryption.


8. After removing HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of HP Drive Encryption that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing HP Drive Encryption using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove HP Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company from your computer, nor are we saying that HP Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company is not a good application. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove HP Drive Encryption in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.