WD Discovery

A way to uninstall WD Discovery from your system

This info is about WD Discovery for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It was coded for Windows by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Check out here where you can get more info on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. More details about the software WD Discovery can be seen at http://support.wdc.com. The program is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current directory (same installation drive as Windows). WD Discovery's full uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall. The program's main executable file occupies 77.61 MB (81380584 bytes) on disk and is labeled WD Discovery.exe.

The executables below are part of WD Discovery. They take an average of 91.59 MB (96043504 bytes) on disk.

• dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe (1.07 MB)
• Install WD Discovery Utilities.exe (511.23 KB)
• Launch WD Discovery.exe (491.23 KB)
• rclone.exe (10.30 MB)
• WD Device Agent.exe (707.73 KB)
• WD Discovery.exe (77.61 MB)
• WDDiscoveryMonitor.exe (29.73 KB)
• notifu.exe (256.73 KB)
• notifu64.exe (306.73 KB)
• SnoreToast.exe (295.23 KB)
• WDDiscoveryService.exe (77.73 KB)

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This info is about WD Discovery version 4.5.420 only. You can find here a few links to other WD Discovery releases:

• 4.0.251
• 3.0.260
• 1.0.957
• 3.5.152
• 4.2.288
• 4.3.361
• 2.1.191
• 3.0.384
• 102.0.1.10
• 2.1.332
• 3.0.377
• 3.3.50
• 4.1.270
• 1.1.223
• 4.4.396
• 3.4.89
• 3.3.34
• 102.0.0.116
• 3.0.268
• 3.2.256
• 1.1.103
• 4.4.407
• 1.2.39
• 1.3.329
• 2.1.378
• 4.3.385
• 3.0.376
• 2.1.288
• 1.0.963
• 2.1.371
• 3.9.234
• 2.2.408
• 3.0.245
• 3.8.229
• 4.6.433
• 3.0.250
• 1.3.482
• 3.6.163
• 1.3.467
• 3.4.90
• 3.7.214
• 4.3.327
• 4.3.336

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Some files and registry entries are typically left behind when you uninstall WD Discovery.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD Discovery Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WDTEMP\Install WD Discovery for Windows (2).exe-sfx
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery

Usually, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\chrome_100_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\chrome_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\cs-CZ\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\da-DK\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\de-DE\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\el-GR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\en-US\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\es-ES\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\fi-FI\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\fr-FR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\hu-HU\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\it-IT\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ja-JP\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ko-KR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\nb-NO\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\nl-NL\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\pl-PL\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\pt-BR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ru-RU\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\sk-SK\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\sv-SE\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\tr-TR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\zh-CN\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\zh-TW\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\img\icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Install WD Discovery Utilities.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Launch WD Discovery.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\osmesa.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\rclone.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\resources.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\resources\app.asar
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\resources\electron.asar
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\Nancy.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\Nancy.Hosting.Self.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\NLog.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Service\WDDiscoveryService.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\snapshot_blob.bin

Registry that is not uninstalled:

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

A way to remove WD Discovery from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Discovery is a program marketed by the software company Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some users try to uninstall this program. Sometimes this can be troublesome because uninstalling this manually takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE approach to uninstall WD Discovery 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 PC, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to take care of your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find WD Discovery or simply click the Search feature and type in "WD Discovery". The WD Discovery app will be found very quickly. When you select WD Discovery in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding WD Discovery, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for WD Discovery:

• The software company is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove WD Discovery.


8. After uninstalling WD Discovery, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of WD Discovery that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing WD Discovery using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to remove WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your PC, we are not saying that WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove WD Discovery in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.