WD Discovery

A guide to uninstall WD Discovery from your PC

This web page contains complete information on how to remove WD Discovery for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Go over here for more information on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. More info about the application WD Discovery can be found at http://support.wdc.com. The program is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current directory. Keep in mind that this location can vary depending on the user's choice. WD Discovery's entire uninstall command line is C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall. The application's main executable file occupies 126.45 MB (132587360 bytes) on disk and is called WD Discovery.exe.

WD Discovery contains of the executables below. They occupy 185.41 MB (194418456 bytes) on disk.

• dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe (1.07 MB)
• Install WD Discovery Utilities.exe (513.84 KB)
• Launch WD Discovery.exe (493.84 KB)
• rclone.exe (55.26 MB)
• WD Device Agent.exe (710.34 KB)
• WD Discovery.exe (126.45 MB)
• WDDiscoveryMonitor.exe (32.34 KB)
• notifu.exe (259.34 KB)
• notifu64.exe (309.34 KB)
• SnoreToast.exe (297.84 KB)
• WDDiscoveryService.exe (80.84 KB)

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The current page applies to WD Discovery version 5.2.730 only. You can find below a few links to other WD Discovery releases:

• 4.0.251
• 3.0.260
• 1.0.957
• 3.5.152
• 5.2.653
• 4.2.288
• 4.3.361
• 2.1.191
• 3.0.384
• 102.0.1.10
• 2.1.332
• 3.0.377
• 4.5.420
• 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
• 5.1.618
• 1.2.39
• 1.3.329
• 2.1.378
• 5.0.589
• 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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If you're planning to uninstall WD Discovery you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WD Discovery:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD Discovery Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WUserName\WD_Discovery_638901824250287713.exe-sfx
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall WD Discovery:

• 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\af.pak
• 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\ur.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

Generally the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

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

Additional values that you should delete:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to erase WD Discovery with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Discovery is a program marketed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some people decide to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be difficult because uninstalling this by hand requires some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best QUICK procedure 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 on your PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient 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 DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find WD Discovery or simply click the Search field and type in "WD Discovery". If it is installed on your PC the WD Discovery program will be found automatically. When you click WD Discovery in the list of programs, some information about the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about WD Discovery, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Details about the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for WD Discovery:

• The web site of the program 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 confirmation window will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. 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 proceed 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 uninstalling WD Discovery using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions 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 our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.