WD Drive Utilities

A way to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your computer

This page contains detailed information on how to remove WD Drive Utilities for Windows. It is written by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. You can read more on Western Digital Technologies, Inc. or check for application updates here. You can read more about on WD Drive Utilities at http://support.wdc.com. Usually the WD Drive Utilities program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full uninstall command line for WD Drive Utilities is MsiExec.exe /X{7431ED5D-9247-4F17-91C9-702D9B36FAC4}. The application's main executable file occupies 306.87 KB (314232 bytes) on disk and is labeled WDDriveUtilities.exe.

WD Drive Utilities installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 4.76 MB (4994288 bytes) on disk.

• WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.46 MB)
• WDDriveUtilities.exe (306.87 KB)

The current page applies to WD Drive Utilities version 1.0.7.3 alone. You can find below a few links to other WD Drive Utilities releases:

• 1.0.6.3
• 1.4.1.39
• 2.0.0.48
• 2.0.0.63
• 2.1.0.25
• 2.1.2.167
• 2.0.0.54
• 2.1.0.130
• 2.0.0.44
• 2.0.0.76
• 1.1.0.51
• 2.0.0.25
• 1.4.1.51
• 1.3.0.16
• 1.4.3.13
• 1.3.0.17
• 2.1.2.146
• 1.0.5.7
• 1.4.2.11
• 2.1.0.142
• 2.0.0.70
• 1.0.3.3
• 1.2.0.85
• 2.1.2.165
• 1.0.4.11
• 2.1.0.20
• 2.0.0.69
• 1.4.0.92
• 1.3.1.2
• 2.0.0.26
• 1.4.3.41
• 2.1.0.115
• 1.4.3.37
• 1.3.0.18
• 2.0.0.71
• 1.3.2.2

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WD Drive Utilities has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WD Drive Utilities:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall WD Drive Utilities:

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• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\AboutWDDriveUtilities.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\AboutWDSecurity.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\ChangePassword.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\CreatePassword.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\Diagnostics.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\DriveErase.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\Registration.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities\Locale\cs_CZ.lproj\RemovePassword.html

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Western Digital\WD Drive Utilities
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D5DE1347742971F4199C07D2B963AF4C
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{7431ED5D-9247-4F17-91C9-702D9B36FAC4}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Western Digital\WD Drive Utilities

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\D5DE1347742971F4199C07D2B963AF4C\ProductName

How to remove WD Drive Utilities from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Drive Utilities is a program marketed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some users want to remove it. Sometimes this is difficult because deleting this by hand takes some knowledge regarding Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE manner to remove WD Drive Utilities 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to take care of your PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green 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 tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs existing on the computer will appear

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate WD Drive Utilities or simply click the Search field and type in "WD Drive Utilities". The WD Drive Utilities application will be found automatically. When you select WD Drive Utilities in the list of applications, some data about the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have about WD Drive Utilities, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for WD Drive Utilities:

• The web site of the program is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{7431ED5D-9247-4F17-91C9-702D9B36FAC4}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WD Drive Utilities.


8. After removing WD Drive Utilities, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Drive Utilities which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WD Drive Utilities with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall WD Drive Utilities in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.