HP Drive Encryption

A guide 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 uninstall it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by HP. Further information on HP can be seen here. Please follow www.hp.com/services/protecttools if you want to read more on HP Drive Encryption on HP's website. The application is often installed in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption directory. Take into account that this path can vary depending on the user's decision. HP Drive Encryption's entire uninstall command line is C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {EBE66549-EE4F-4CCC-9763-D9FAF9C20F53}. WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 39.23 KB (40176 bytes) on disk.

HP Drive Encryption is comprised of the following executables which occupy 2.44 MB (2553584 bytes) on disk:

• SDPEFilter.exe (236.50 KB)
• SDPEFilter_X64.exe (896.50 KB)
• WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe (39.23 KB)
• WMPBR.exe (197.50 KB)
• SDEFITool_X64.exe (1.10 MB)

This web page is about HP Drive Encryption version 8.6.24.53 only. Click on the links below for other HP Drive Encryption versions:

• 8.6.25.56
• 8.6.27.35
• 8.6.32.40
• 8.6.29.25
• 8.6.26.29
• 8.6.23.46

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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove HP Drive Encryption.

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cphs\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfHost\ImagePath

How to erase HP Drive Encryption from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Drive Encryption is an application offered by HP. Frequently, users decide to erase this program. This can be easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some knowledge related to Windows internal functioning. The best SIMPLE solution to erase HP Drive Encryption is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around utility to clean your PC.

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• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications existing on the computer will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you find HP Drive Encryption or simply click the Search feature and type in "HP Drive Encryption". If it exists on your system the HP Drive Encryption program will be found automatically. Notice that when you click HP Drive Encryption in the list of programs, the following data about the application is shown to you:

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

For instance 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 {EBE66549-EE4F-4CCC-9763-D9FAF9C20F53}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall HP Drive Encryption.


8. After uninstalling HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of HP Drive Encryption that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing HP Drive Encryption with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall HP Drive Encryption by HP from your PC, we are not saying that HP Drive Encryption by HP is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall HP Drive Encryption in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.