HP Update

How to uninstall HP Update from your system

This info is about HP Update for Windows. Here you can find details on how to uninstall it from your computer. The Windows version was created by Hewlett-Packard. Additional info about Hewlett-Packard can be seen here. You can read more about about HP Update at http://www.hp.com. The application is often placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Hp\HP Software Update folder (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove HP Update by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{85DF2EED-08BC-46FB-90DA-28B0D0A8E8A8}. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for administrator rights. The application's main executable file occupies 626.05 KB (641080 bytes) on disk and is named hpwucli.exe.

HP Update installs the following the executables on your PC, taking about 674.11 KB (690288 bytes) on disk.

• hpwucli.exe (626.05 KB)
• hpwuschd2.exe (48.05 KB)

This page is about HP Update version 5.003.000.004 only. You can find below info on other versions of HP Update:

• 5.002.007.004
• 5.002.001.004
• 5.002.006.003
• 5.005.000.002
• 5.003.002.004
• 5.002.003.003
• 5.002.005.003
• 5.5
• 5.001.000.014
• 5.002.002.002
• 5.002.000.010
• 5.005.002.002
• 5.005.000.001
• 5.002.005.001
• 5.003.003.001
• 4.000.013.003
• 5.002.000.013
• 5.005.001.002
• 5.003.001.001
• 5.002.008.001

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If you are manually uninstalling HP Update we recommend you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall HP Update:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update

The files below remain on your disk by HP Update's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update\hpwucli.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuschd2.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update\SoftwareUpdate.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HP\AtInstall\001\HP Update.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\HP\AtInstall\010\HP Update.log
• C:\Windows\Installer\{85DF2EED-08BC-46FB-90DA-28B0D0A8E8A8}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

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

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DEE2FD58CB80BF6409AD820B0D8A8E8A
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{85DF2EED-08BC-46FB-90DA-28B0D0A8E8A8}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DEE2FD58CB80BF6409AD820B0D8A8E8A\ProductName

A way to delete HP Update using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Update is a program released by the software company Hewlett-Packard. Some computer users want to remove this application. Sometimes this is hard because uninstalling this manually requires some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK manner to remove HP Update 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 system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and all around utility to maximize the performance of your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate HP Update or simply click the Search field and type in "HP Update". The HP Update program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select HP Update in the list of programs, some information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding HP Update, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for HP Update:

• The software company is: http://www.hp.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{85DF2EED-08BC-46FB-90DA-28B0D0A8E8A8}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall HP Update.


8. After uninstalling HP Update, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items of HP Update that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing HP Update using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove HP Update by Hewlett-Packard from your computer, we are not saying that HP Update by Hewlett-Packard is not a good application for your computer. This page only contains detailed info on how to remove HP Update in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.