WD2GO

A way to uninstall WD2GO from your system

You can find below details on how to remove WD2GO for Windows. It is written by Western Digital. Open here where you can get more info on Western Digital. WD2GO is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO folder, depending on the user's decision. The full command line for removing WD2GO is MsiExec.exe /I{84DF51ED-3559-4AF8-9BD4-B2C62E7DF2A0}. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you may get a notification for admin rights. The program's main executable file occupies 202.23 KB (207088 bytes) on disk and is labeled WD2GO.exe.

WD2GO contains of the executables below. They take 3.75 MB (3929376 bytes) on disk.

• ConfigureExplorerPlugins.exe (202.73 KB)
• Map as Network Drive.exe (202.23 KB)
• RefreshExplorer.exe (12.23 KB)
• Run As Windows Service.exe (202.23 KB)
• Transfer Manager.exe (202.23 KB)
• updater.exe (339.73 KB)
• vshadow-server2008.exe (319.23 KB)
• vshadow.exe (1.23 MB)
• vshadowXP.exe (350.23 KB)
• WD2GO-MappedDrive.exe (165.73 KB)
• WD2GO-Service.exe (165.73 KB)
• WD2GO.exe (202.23 KB)
• WD2GORestart.exe (202.23 KB)
• RefreshExplorer.exe (12.23 KB)

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This info is about WD2GO version 5.8.12 only. You can find below info on other versions of WD2GO:

• 5.8.19
• 5.8.16

Many files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove WD2GO from your computer.

Folders left behind when you uninstall WD2GO:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO

The files below were left behind on your disk by WD2GO's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\atl100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\ConfigureExplorerPlugins.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\ConfigureExplorerPlugins.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Desktop.jar
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\EDVClientKeystore
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\IconOverlay-64bit.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\jnotify.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\jnotify_64bit.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\libjnotify.jnilib
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\libjnotify.so
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Map as Network Drive.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Map as Network Drive.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\mfc100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\msvcr100.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\npapi\cloudfs.ocx
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\npapi\npcloudfs.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\npapi\npcloudfs.plugin\Contents\Info.plist
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\npapi\npcloudfs.plugin\Contents\MacOS\npcloudfs
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\npapi\npcloudfs.plugin\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\InfoPlist.strings
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\npapi\npcloudfs.plugin\Contents\Resources\English.lproj\Localized.rsrc
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\RefreshExplorer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\bin\EjectTrunkdrive.scpt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\bin\FinderAlias.scpt
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\bin\mount_drive.mac
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\bin\RefreshExplorer.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\bin\refreshFinder
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\bin\setMacFileIcon
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\EDVClientKeystore
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\event.wav
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\checkDocument_mac.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\compress-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\compress-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\contact-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\contact-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\image-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\image-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\music-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\music-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\pdf-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\pdf-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\presentation-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\presentation-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\sparsebundle-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\sparsebundle-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\spreadsheet-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\spreadsheet-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\syncDocument_mac.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\text-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\text-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\uploadDocument_mac.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\video-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\video-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\word-check.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\file_icons\word-sync.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\backup48.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\checkFolder_mac.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\globeFolderCheckIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\globeFolderIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\globeFolderSyncIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\shareeFolder.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\shareeFolder.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\sharerFolder.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\sharerFolder.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\sync48.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\syncFolder_mac.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\uploadFolder_mac.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\vaultFolderCheckIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\vaultFolderIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\folder_icons\vaultFolderSyncIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\en_US\log4j.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files_en_US.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files_en_US_WD.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files_es_ES.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files_es_ES_WD.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files_fr_FR.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files_fr_FR_WD.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files_pt_BR.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\Files_pt_BR_WD.properties
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\WD\default_files\backup.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\WD\default_files\start.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\WD\default_files\start_mac.pdf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\WD\default_files\sync.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\WD\folder_icons\folder48.ico
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\WD\folder_icons\rootFolderCheckIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\WD\folder_icons\rootFolderIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\FileResources\WD\folder_icons\rootFolderSyncIcon.icns
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\about.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\add_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\back_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\download_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\dummy_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\edit_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\folder_network.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\new_folder_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\refresh_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\remove_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\restore_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\search_icon.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\Resources\ImageResources\en_US\buttons\share_icon.png

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WD2GO
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\background\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WD2GO
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Folder\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers\WD2GO
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DE15FD4895538FA4B94D2B6CE2D72F0A
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{84DF51ED-3559-4AF8-9BD4-B2C62E7DF2A0}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Western Digital\WD2GO
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WD2GO-MappedDrive.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WD2GO-Service.exe

Additional registry values that are not removed:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\DE15FD4895538FA4B94D2B6CE2D72F0A\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\bam\UserSettings\S-1-5-21-3744787931-1941428372-3360124967-1001\\Device\HarddiskVolume1\Program Files (x86)\WD2GO\WD2GO.exe
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WD2GO-MappedDrive.exe\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WD2GO-MappedDrive.exe\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WD2GO-MappedDrive.exe\ImagePath
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WD2GO-Service.exe\Description
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WD2GO-Service.exe\DisplayName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WD2GO-Service.exe\ImagePath

How to delete WD2GO from your computer using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD2GO is a program offered by Western Digital. Some people try to erase this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because removing this manually requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. One of the best QUICK manner to erase WD2GO is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your PC, install it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your computer.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find WD2GO or simply activate the Search field and type in "WD2GO". If it is installed on your PC the WD2GO app will be found very quickly. After you select WD2GO in the list of applications, some information regarding the application is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding WD2GO, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will show up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall WD2GO.


8. After removing WD2GO, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong WD2GO that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing WD2GO using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove WD2GO by Western Digital from your PC, we are not saying that WD2GO by Western Digital is not a good application for your computer. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove WD2GO supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.