HP Drive Encryption

A guide to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your PC

HP Drive Encryption is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by Hewlett-Packard Company. Further information on Hewlett-Packard Company can be seen here. Please follow www.hp.com/services/protecttools if you want to read more on HP Drive Encryption on Hewlett-Packard Company's page. The program is often placed in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption directory (same installation drive as Windows). HP Drive Encryption's complete uninstall command line is C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {FE885DCE-4917-4E47-9881-883CBB3B8F50}. HP Drive Encryption's main file takes around 38.73 KB (39664 bytes) and is called WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe.

HP Drive Encryption is composed of the following executables which occupy 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 8.6.6.16 of HP Drive Encryption. You can find below info on other versions of HP Drive Encryption:

• 8.6.2.59
• 8.6.1.80
• 8.6.15.30
• 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
• 8.6.13.12
• 8.6.5.142
• 8.5.1.138
• 8.6.21.61
• 8.6.20.33

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Some of these are listed below.

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\ECD588EF719474E4891888C3BBB3F805
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

Additional registry values that you should remove:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\ECD588EF719474E4891888C3BBB3F805\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cphs\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfHost\ImagePath

A way to remove HP Drive Encryption from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Drive Encryption is a program by Hewlett-Packard Company. Sometimes, users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this is difficult because removing this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. 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 Windows PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• 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 the program's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Scroll the list of applications 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 program will be found very quickly. When you select HP Drive Encryption in the list of apps, some data about the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other users have about HP Drive Encryption, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example 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 {FE885DCE-4917-4E47-9881-883CBB3B8F50}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove HP Drive Encryption.


8. After uninstalling HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong HP Drive Encryption which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling HP Drive Encryption with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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 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. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove HP Drive Encryption in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.