HP Drive Encryption

A guide to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your PC

HP Drive Encryption is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to uninstall it from your computer. It is produced by Hewlett-Packard Company. You can find out more on Hewlett-Packard Company or check for application updates here. Please open www.hp.com/services/protecttools if you want to read more on HP Drive Encryption on Hewlett-Packard Company's website. HP Drive Encryption is typically installed in the C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Local\Downloaded Installations\{40BF3598-EE71-4009-9712-66EA5E1CEE6D} directory, however this location can vary a lot depending on the user's decision when installing the program. C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe /i {40BF3598-EE71-4009-9712-66EA5E1CEE6D} is the full command line if you want to remove HP Drive Encryption. The program's main executable file occupies 38.73 KB (39664 bytes) on disk and is labeled WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe.

HP Drive Encryption contains of the executables below. They occupy 2.17 MB (2272496 bytes) on disk.

• SDPEFilter.exe (236.50 KB)
• SDPEFilter_X64.exe (896.50 KB)
• WinMagic.HP.SecurityManagerCmd.exe (38.73 KB)
• SDEFITool_X64.exe (1.02 MB)

The current page applies to HP Drive Encryption version 8.6.8.45 only. You can find below a few links to other HP Drive Encryption releases:

• 8.6.2.59
• 8.6.1.80
• 8.6.6.16
• 8.6.15.30
• 8.6.4.82
• 8.6.14.20
• 8.5.2.12
• 8.6.11.10
• 8.6.3.65
• 8.6.1.160
• 8.6.7.27
• 8.5.4.124
• 8.6.16.42
• 8.6.10.35
• 8.6.13.12
• 8.6.5.142
• 8.5.1.138
• 8.6.21.61
• 8.6.20.33

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

Check for and delete the following files from your disk when you uninstall HP Drive Encryption:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\HP Drive Encryption versione 8.6.10.35 di Hewlett-Packard Company - Come disinstallarlo.html.lnk

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C4898AF69D837D2468D06100D89505C0
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\C4898AF69D837D2468D06100D89505C0\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\cphs\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\FLCDLOCK\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\PerfHost\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMnetDHCP\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VMware NAT Service\ImagePath

How to remove HP Drive Encryption from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Drive Encryption is an application offered by the software company Hewlett-Packard Company. Sometimes, users decide to remove this program. Sometimes this is efortful because removing this by hand takes some experience regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK way to remove 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 Windows system, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows computer.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire the program's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find HP Drive Encryption or simply activate the Search field and type in "HP Drive Encryption". If it is installed on your PC the HP Drive Encryption application will be found automatically. Notice that after you click HP Drive Encryption in the list of apps, some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other people have regarding HP Drive Encryption, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to uninstall, 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\system32\msiexec.exe /i {40BF3598-EE71-4009-9712-66EA5E1CEE6D}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall HP Drive Encryption.


8. After uninstalling HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to start 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 uninstalling HP Drive Encryption with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall HP Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company from your computer, nor are we saying that HP Drive Encryption by Hewlett-Packard Company is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall HP Drive Encryption in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.