WD Drive Utilities

A guide to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your computer

WD Drive Utilities is a computer program. This page contains details on how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows version was developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. More data about Western Digital Technologies, Inc. can be read here. Click on http://support.wdc.com to get more info about WD Drive Utilities on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.'s website. WD Drive Utilities is commonly set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities folder, subject to the user's option. The full command line for removing WD Drive Utilities is MsiExec.exe /X{02CCBAB5-A2E6-448D-9489-7C888758EF2E}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for administrator rights. The application's main executable file is labeled WDDriveUtilities.exe and it has a size of 6.30 MB (6611080 bytes).

The executable files below are part of WD Drive Utilities. They occupy about 13.42 MB (14070200 bytes) on disk.

• WD Quick Formatter.exe (4.91 MB)
• WDDriveUtilities.exe (6.30 MB)
• WDDriveUtilitiesHelper.exe (2.20 MB)

The current page applies to WD Drive Utilities version 2.0.0.70 alone. You can find below info on other releases of WD Drive Utilities:

• 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
• 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
• 2.1.0.115
• 1.4.3.37
• 1.3.0.18
• 2.0.0.71
• 1.3.2.2

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Some files and registry entries are usually left behind when you remove WD Drive Utilities.

Frequently the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Western Digital\WD Drive Utilities
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5BABCC206E2AD8444998C7887885FEE2
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{9d47e5b5-5394-4d59-8165-413d55dfa78d}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Western Digital\WD Drive Utilities

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\5BABCC206E2AD8444998C7887885FEE2\ProductName

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

WD Drive Utilities is an application offered by the software company Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some computer users try to remove it. Sometimes this is hard because doing this by hand requires some skill regarding Windows program uninstallation. One of the best QUICK procedure to remove 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 on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general tool to take care of your computer.

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• 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 interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on the computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate WD Drive Utilities or simply click the Search feature and type in "WD Drive Utilities". The WD Drive Utilities program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click WD Drive Utilities in the list of apps, the following data about the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have about WD Drive Utilities, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For example you can see that for WD Drive Utilities:

• The software company is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{02CCBAB5-A2E6-448D-9489-7C888758EF2E}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. accept the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall WD Drive Utilities.


8. After uninstalling WD Drive Utilities, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Drive Utilities that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WD Drive Utilities using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your computer, nor are we saying that WD Drive Utilities by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WD Drive Utilities 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.