HP Drive Encryption

A way to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your computer

This info is about HP Drive Encryption for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It is developed by HP. You can read more on HP or check for application updates here. More details about the app HP Drive Encryption can be found at www.hp.com/services/protecttools. The application is usually placed in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption folder. Keep in mind that this path can vary depending on the user's preference. C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {9FE5AB5E-DF9A-4667-AFD2-604EF1E0ABFC} is the full command line if you want to remove HP Drive Encryption. The application's main executable file is called WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe and it has a size of 39.36 KB (40304 bytes).

HP Drive Encryption contains of the executables below. They occupy 2.42 MB (2535280 bytes) on disk.

• SDPEFilter.exe (236.50 KB)
• SDPEFilter_X64.exe (896.50 KB)
• WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe (39.36 KB)
• WMPBR.exe (197.50 KB)
• SDEFITool_X64.exe (1.08 MB)

This data is about HP Drive Encryption version 8.6.27.35 alone. You can find below info on other versions of HP Drive Encryption:

• 8.6.25.56
• 8.6.32.40
• 8.6.29.25
• 8.6.26.29
• 8.6.23.46
• 8.6.24.53

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries can be left behind when you remove HP Drive Encryption from your PC.

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\RTXZULDM\HP-Drive-Encryption-e9112c84a10cbb3bf65ddd59fea62297-application[1].htm

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E5BA5EF9A9FD7664FA2D06E41F0EBACF
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\E5BA5EF9A9FD7664FA2D06E41F0EBACF\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cphs\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfHost\ImagePath

A way to delete HP Drive Encryption from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Drive Encryption is an application by the software company HP. Frequently, people want to remove it. This is efortful because removing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best SIMPLE solution to remove HP Drive Encryption 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 system, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around tool to clean your PC.

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• navigate to 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 admire the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate HP Drive Encryption or simply activate the Search field and type in "HP Drive Encryption". If it exists on your system the HP Drive Encryption app will be found automatically. After you select HP Drive Encryption in the list of apps, the following data about the application is available to you:

• Star 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".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for HP Drive Encryption:

• The web site of the application is: www.hp.com/services/protecttools
• The uninstall string is: C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {9FE5AB5E-DF9A-4667-AFD2-604EF1E0ABFC}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove HP Drive Encryption.


8. After removing HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of HP Drive Encryption which have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing HP Drive Encryption using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove HP Drive Encryption by HP from your PC, nor are we saying that HP Drive Encryption by HP is not a good application for your PC. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove HP Drive Encryption in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.