HP Drive Encryption

How to uninstall HP Drive Encryption from your PC

HP Drive Encryption is a software application. This page is comprised of details on how to remove it from your PC. The Windows release was created by Hewlett-Packard Company. You can read more on Hewlett-Packard Company or check for application updates here. More info about the application HP Drive Encryption can be found at www.hp.com/services/protecttools. HP Drive Encryption is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption folder, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's choice while installing the application. You can remove HP Drive Encryption by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\msiexec.exe /i {D04E2905-5D73-41EF-9BA8-54E67EF692A1}. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. SDEFITool_X64.exe is the programs's main file and it takes close to 1.01 MB (1063936 bytes) on disk.

HP Drive Encryption installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 2.12 MB (2224128 bytes) on disk.

• SDPEFilter.exe (236.50 KB)
• SDPEFilter_X64.exe (896.50 KB)
• SDEFITool_X64.exe (1.01 MB)

This web page is about HP Drive Encryption version 8.5.4.124 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
• 8.6.8.45
• 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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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be uninstalled when you want to remove HP Drive Encryption from your computer.

Registry keys:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5092E40D37D5FE14B98A456EE76F291A
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\HPDriveEncryption

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5092E40D37D5FE14B98A456EE76F291A\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

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

HP Drive Encryption is a program marketed by the software company Hewlett-Packard Company. Some people try to remove this program. This is efortful because doing this by hand takes some know-how regarding PCs. The best EASY 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, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools 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 installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate HP Drive Encryption or simply click the Search field and type in "HP Drive Encryption". If it exists on your system the HP Drive Encryption app will be found very quickly. Notice that when you click HP Drive Encryption in the list of programs, some information about the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have about HP Drive Encryption, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on 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 {D04E2905-5D73-41EF-9BA8-54E67EF692A1}

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


8. After removing HP Drive Encryption, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with 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 uninstalling HP Drive Encryption with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your disk.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice 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 supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.