HP Update

How to uninstall HP Update from your PC

HP Update is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows release was developed by Hewlett-Packard. Further information on Hewlett-Packard can be seen here. You can read more about on HP Update at http://www.hp.com. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hp\HP Software Update directory (same installation drive as Windows). MsiExec.exe /X{2EFA4E4C-7B5F-48F7-A1C0-1AA882B7A9C3} is the full command line if you want to uninstall HP Update. hpwucli.exe is the HP Update's main executable file and it occupies close to 626.05 KB (641080 bytes) on disk.

HP Update installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 674.11 KB (690288 bytes) on disk.

• hpwucli.exe (626.05 KB)
• hpwuschd2.exe (48.05 KB)

This page is about HP Update version 5.003.001.001 only. Click on the links below for other HP Update versions:

• 5.002.007.004
• 5.002.001.004
• 5.002.006.003
• 5.005.000.002
• 5.003.002.004
• 5.002.003.003
• 5.003.000.004
• 5.002.005.003
• 5.5
• 5.001.000.014
• 5.002.002.002
• 5.002.000.010
• 5.005.002.002
• 5.005.000.001
• 5.002.005.001
• 5.003.003.001
• 4.000.013.003
• 5.002.000.013
• 5.005.001.002
• 5.002.008.001

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If you are manually uninstalling HP Update we suggest you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update

The files below remain on your disk by HP Update when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe
• C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\SoftwareUpdate.dll

Registry that is not cleaned:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C4E4AFE2F5B77F841A0CA18A287B9A3C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{2EFA4E4C-7B5F-48F7-A1C0-1AA882B7A9C3}

Open regedit.exe to delete the values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C4E4AFE2F5B77F841A0CA18A287B9A3C\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{2EFA4E4C-7B5F-48F7-A1C0-1AA882B7A9C3}\

How to delete HP Update using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Update is an application marketed by Hewlett-Packard. Some users want to uninstall this application. Sometimes this is hard because removing this manually takes some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK practice to uninstall HP Update 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, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find HP Update or simply click the Search field and type in "HP Update". If it exists on your system the HP Update application will be found very quickly. After you click HP Update in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding HP Update, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for HP Update:

• The publisher is: http://www.hp.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{2EFA4E4C-7B5F-48F7-A1C0-1AA882B7A9C3}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove HP Update.


8. After removing HP Update, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of HP Update which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing HP Update using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall HP Update by Hewlett-Packard from your computer, we are not saying that HP Update by Hewlett-Packard is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall HP Update supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.