Driver Detective

A way to uninstall Driver Detective from your computer

This page contains thorough information on how to remove Driver Detective for Windows. The Windows version was developed by PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP. Further information on PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP can be seen here. You can read more about about Driver Detective at http://www.drivershq.com. The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective directory (same installation drive as Windows). You can remove Driver Detective by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Uninstall.exe. Note that you might receive a notification for administrator rights. DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 7.41 MB (7766144 bytes) on disk.

Driver Detective installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 7.80 MB (8175736 bytes) on disk.

• Agent.CPU.exe (67.63 KB)
• DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.exe (7.41 MB)
• DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.Updater.exe (212.13 KB)
• ISUninstall.exe (30.13 KB)
• Uninstall.exe (90.12 KB)

The current page applies to Driver Detective version 10.1.3.21 alone. Click on the links below for other Driver Detective versions:

• 10.1.3.42
• 10.1.3.43
• 10.0.2.9
• 10.0.1.16
• 10.0.1.17
• 10.0.1.6
• 9.1.4.53
• 10.1.2.39
• 10.1.2.51
• 10.1.2.24
• 10.1.2.41
• 10.1.3.34
• 10.0.1.15
• 9.1.4.57
• 10.0.0.39
• 10.1.2.26
• 9.1.4.50
• 10.0.2.13
• 10.1.2.34
• 10.1.3.13
• 10.0.0.33
• 10.1.4.10
• 10.1.2.22
• 10.1.2.31
• 10.1.2.52
• 10.1.4.3
• 10.1.2.32
• 10.1.4.33
• 10.1.2.37
• 9.1.4.66
• 10.1.2.27
• 10.0.3.6
• 10.1.2.55
• 10.1.4.4
• 10.0.3.13
• 10.1.2.61
• 10.0.3.0
• 10.1.4.20
• 10.1.3.10
• 10.0.1.8
• 10.1.4.39
• 10.0.1.24
• 10.0.3.9
• 10.0.1.18
• 9.1.5.4
• 10.1.2.36
• 10.0.1.14
• 10.1.2.63
• 10.1.3.6
• 9.1.5.5
• 10.1.2.62
• 10.1.2.64
• 10.0.3.10
• 10.1.2.28
• 10.1.4.6
• 9.1.4.58
• 10.1.4.37
• 10.1.2.44

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When planning to uninstall Driver Detective you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories found on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Driver Detective

Generally, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Agent.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Agent.Common.XmlSerializers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Agent.Communication.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Agent.Communication.XmlSerializers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\ExceptionLogging.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Microsoft.ApplicationBlocks.Updater.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Microsoft.Win32.TaskScheduler.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\RuleEngine.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\RuleEngine.XmlSerializers.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\ThemePack.Default.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Driver Detective\Driver Detective.lnk
• C:\Windows\Installer\{5D6D605B-E4B7-490B-A794-9284BC3D2A8B}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B506D6D57B4EB0947A492948CBD3A2B8
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{5D6D605B-E4B7-490B-A794-9284BC3D2A8B}

Use regedit.exe to remove the following additional registry values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\DriversHQ.DriverDetective.Client.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\B506D6D57B4EB0947A492948CBD3A2B8\ProductName

How to delete Driver Detective from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Driver Detective is a program released by the software company PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP. Some computer users try to remove it. This can be hard because performing this manually takes some skill related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best EASY procedure to remove Driver Detective 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 already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very efficient uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with the program's design and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Driver Detective or simply click the Search field and type in "Driver Detective". The Driver Detective application will be found automatically. When you click Driver Detective in the list of programs, some information regarding the application is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding Driver Detective, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

For example you can see that for Driver Detective:

• The web site of the program is: http://www.drivershq.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Driver Detective\Uninstall.exe

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Driver Detective.


8. After removing Driver Detective, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items that belong Driver Detective which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Driver Detective using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and ready to take on new tasks.

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Driver Detective by PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP from your computer, nor are we saying that Driver Detective by PC Drivers HeadQuarters LP is not a good application. This text simply contains detailed instructions on how to remove Driver Detective supposing you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.