WD Drive Utilities

A guide to uninstall WD Drive Utilities from your system

You can find below detailed information on how to remove WD Drive Utilities for Windows. The Windows version was created by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Check out here for more details on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. More details about WD Drive Utilities can be found at http://support.wdc.com. Usually the WD Drive Utilities program is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Utilities directory, depending on the user's option during setup. The full command line for removing WD Drive Utilities is C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{b17f6a33-b0e5-4ba4-8b85-a83d707cd8b4}\WDDriveUtilitiesSetup.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may receive a notification for administrator rights. WD Drive Utilities's primary file takes around 6.30 MB (6611080 bytes) and is named WDDriveUtilities.exe.

WD Drive Utilities installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying 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 2.0.0.69 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
• 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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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the computer. Part_A few of these are shown below.

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

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\1.0.175\assets\apps\drive_utilities.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\1.0.175\assets\apps\drive_utilities.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\1.0.175\assets\apps\drive_utilities_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\1.0.175\assets\apps\drive_utilities_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\1.0.175\assets\apps\drive_utilities_hover.svg
• 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

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6B6F13CD5913740439D2D3938AA6383B
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Western Digital\WD Drive Utilities

Open regedit.exe in order to remove the following registry values:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\6B6F13CD5913740439D2D3938AA6383B\ProductName

A way to remove WD Drive Utilities from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Drive Utilities is a program by the software company Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some people try to uninstall it. This is difficult because doing this manually requires some skill regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK practice to uninstall WD Drive Utilities 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your Windows computer.

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• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful Windows tool.

3. Press the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of applications 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 app will be found very quickly. When you select WD Drive Utilities in the list , some data about the program is made available to you:

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

For example you can see that for WD Drive Utilities:

• The publisher is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\{b17f6a33-b0e5-4ba4-8b85-a83d707cd8b4}\WDDriveUtilitiesSetup.exe

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


8. After removing WD Drive Utilities, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Drive Utilities that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling WD Drive Utilities using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to remove 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 software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove 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' PCs.