HDGUARD

How to uninstall HDGUARD from your system

HDGUARD is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It was developed for Windows by IST Deutschland GmbH. Further information on IST Deutschland GmbH can be found here. Click on https://www.ist.com to get more info about HDGUARD on IST Deutschland GmbH's website. The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files\IST directory. Take into account that this path can differ depending on the user's preference. The entire uninstall command line for HDGUARD is MsiExec.exe /I{8CC10267-1FED-4572-9C31-AE897C60A744}. The program's main executable file is labeled HDGUARD.exe and occupies 11.12 MB (11659472 bytes).

The executables below are part of HDGUARD. They take about 41.21 MB (43213352 bytes) on disk.

• RDTserv64.exe (1.45 MB)
• IstInstaller.exe (2.05 MB)
• HDGcmd.exe (2.84 MB)
• HDGDeployChecker.exe (829.80 KB)
• HDGexcl.exe (3.93 MB)
• HdgProxy.exe (156.80 KB)
• HDGUARD.exe (11.12 MB)
• HDGUARD.Updater.exe (1.22 MB)
• HDGUARDTeacherConsole.exe (703.52 KB)
• HDhks.exe (6.39 MB)
• HDStat.exe (10.56 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 11.5.0.1 of HDGUARD. For other HDGUARD versions please click below:

• 11.2.0.1
• 12.0.0.1

Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you remove HDGUARD.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\IST

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall HDGUARD:

• C:\Program Files\IST\Common\RDT.client64.manifest
• C:\Program Files\IST\Common\RDTclient32.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\Common\RDTclient64.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\Common\RDTclient64.sys
• C:\Program Files\IST\Common\RDTserv64.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\DKI\IstDkiAuftrag.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\DKI\IstDkiKonfig.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\DKI\IstDkiNachricht.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\DKI\IstDkiRepository.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\DKI\IstDkiService.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\DKI\IstInstaller.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGcmd.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGDeployChecker.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGexcl.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGlogin.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGUARD.DEU
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGUARD.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGUARD.pdf
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGUARD.Updater.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGUARD.Updater.ini
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDhks.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDStat.exe
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HeroImage.png
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\libeay32.dll
• C:\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\ssleay32.dll

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B03A7E5E07007DF4ABDF23FEC6E3FDFD
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IST\HDGUARD
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HDGUARD 11.5.0.1
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\HDGUARD service
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HDGUARD.Updater

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Features\B03A7E5E07007DF4ABDF23FEC6E3FDFD\FEATURE_HDGUARD
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B03A7E5E07007DF4ABDF23FEC6E3FDFD\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\IST\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3324717015-3348644597-1690926584-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDGUARD.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\State\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3324717015-3348644597-1690926584-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files\IST\HDGUARD\HDStat.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HDGUARD.Updater\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\HDGUARD.Updater\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RDTserv\ImagePath

How to remove HDGUARD from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HDGUARD is an application by IST Deutschland GmbH. Frequently, people want to remove this application. Sometimes this can be efortful because deleting this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK procedure to remove HDGUARD is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows PC.

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• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate HDGUARD or simply click the Search feature and type in "HDGUARD". If it is installed on your PC the HDGUARD application will be found automatically. When you select HDGUARD in the list of programs, some data about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This tells you the opinion other people have about HDGUARD, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you want to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for HDGUARD:

• The web site of the application is: https://www.ist.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /I{8CC10267-1FED-4572-9C31-AE897C60A744}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall HDGUARD.


8. After removing HDGUARD, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong HDGUARD which have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing HDGUARD using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall HDGUARD by IST Deutschland GmbH from your computer, we are not saying that HDGUARD by IST Deutschland GmbH is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall HDGUARD in case you decide this is what you want to do. 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.