WD Drive Utilities

How to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to remove WD Drive Utilities for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Open here where you can find out more on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Please open http://support.wdc.com if you want to read more on WD Drive Utilities on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.'s web page. The application is often found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities folder (same installation drive as Windows). The full command line for removing WD Drive Utilities is MsiExec.exe /X{1DFE86C7-1DD2-4843-963F-E0145CE007E1}. Keep in mind that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 6.29 MB (6599680 bytes) on disk and is named WDDriveUtilities.exe.

WD Drive Utilities contains of the executables below. They take 13.26 MB (13901312 bytes) on disk.

• WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.81 MB)
• WDDriveUtilities.exe (6.29 MB)
• WDDriveUtilitiesHelper.exe (2.15 MB)

The current page applies to WD Drive Utilities version 2.1.0.115 only. For other WD Drive Utilities versions please click below:

• 1.0.6.3
• 1.4.1.39
• 2.0.0.48
• 2.0.0.63
• 2.1.0.25
• 2.1.2.167
• 2.0.0.54
• 2.1.0.130
• 2.0.0.44
• 2.0.0.76
• 1.1.0.51
• 2.0.0.25
• 1.4.1.51
• 1.3.0.16
• 1.4.3.13
• 1.3.0.17
• 2.1.2.146
• 1.0.5.7
• 1.4.2.11
• 2.1.0.142
• 2.0.0.70
• 1.0.3.3
• 1.2.0.85
• 2.1.2.165
• 1.0.4.11
• 2.1.0.20
• 2.0.0.69
• 1.4.0.92
• 1.3.1.2
• 1.0.7.3
• 2.0.0.26
• 1.4.3.41
• 1.4.3.37
• 1.3.0.18
• 2.0.0.71
• 1.3.2.2

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When planning to uninstall WD Drive Utilities you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_hover.svg

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\7C68EFD12DD1348469F30E41C50E701E
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Western Digital\WD Drive Utilities

Registry values that are not removed from your PC:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\7C68EFD12DD1348469F30E41C50E701E\ProductName

A way to erase WD Drive Utilities from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Drive Utilities is an application marketed by the software company Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some computer users choose to erase this program. This is efortful because performing this manually takes some know-how regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best EASY way to erase WD Drive Utilities is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on 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 efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your Windows system.

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• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate WD Drive Utilities or simply click the Search field and type in "WD Drive Utilities". If it exists on your system the WD Drive Utilities application will be found automatically. After you click WD Drive Utilities in the list , the following information about the application is shown to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have about WD Drive Utilities, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for WD Drive Utilities:

• The web site of the application is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{1DFE86C7-1DD2-4843-963F-E0145CE007E1}

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall WD Drive Utilities.


8. After removing WD Drive Utilities, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of WD Drive Utilities which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing WD Drive Utilities with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall WD Drive Utilities supposing 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.