HP Drive Encryption

A guide to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your system

This web page contains complete information on how to uninstall HP Drive Encryption for Windows. It is written by HP. Take a look here for more info on HP. More details about HP Drive Encryption can be seen at www.hp.com/services/protecttools. HP Drive Encryption is normally installed in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption folder, but this location can differ a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the program. HP Drive Encryption's full uninstall command line is C:\windows\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {A3B23F2A-DF20-4773-A446-0953B2CAF92B}. WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe is the HP Drive Encryption's primary executable file and it occupies about 39.64 KB (40592 bytes) on disk.

HP Drive Encryption contains of the executables below. They occupy 2.42 MB (2535568 bytes) on disk.

• SDPEFilter.exe (236.50 KB)
• SDPEFilter_X64.exe (896.50 KB)
• WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe (39.64 KB)
• WMPBR.exe (197.50 KB)
• SDEFITool_X64.exe (1.08 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 8.6.29.25 of HP Drive Encryption. You can find here a few links to other HP Drive Encryption releases:

• 8.6.25.56
• 8.6.27.35
• 8.6.32.40
• 8.6.26.29
• 8.6.23.46
• 8.6.24.53

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Some files, folders and Windows registry data can be left behind when you are trying to remove HP Drive Encryption from your computer.

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A2F32B3A02FD37744A6490352BAC9FB2
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-1
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-2
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-3
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-4
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-5
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-6
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-7
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-8
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\664\52C64B7E\C:\windows\SysWOW64,@elscore.dll,-9
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\A2F32B3A02FD37744A6490352BAC9FB2\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdobeFlashPlayerUpdateSvc\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cphs\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FLCDLOCK\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfHost\ImagePath

How to delete HP Drive Encryption with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Drive Encryption is a program released by HP. Frequently, users choose to remove this application. This can be efortful because performing this by hand requires some skill related to Windows program uninstallation. One of the best SIMPLE approach 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 on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find HP Drive Encryption or simply click the Search field and type in "HP Drive Encryption". The HP Drive Encryption application will be found automatically. Notice that when you select HP Drive Encryption in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding HP Drive Encryption, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about 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 {A3B23F2A-DF20-4773-A446-0953B2CAF92B}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove HP Drive Encryption.


8. After removing HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong HP Drive Encryption that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing HP Drive Encryption with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove HP Drive Encryption by HP from your computer, we are not saying that HP Drive Encryption by HP is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to remove HP Drive Encryption supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.