Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools

How to uninstall Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools from your system

You can find below details on how to remove Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools for Windows. It is developed by Hewlett-Packard. Further information on Hewlett-Packard can be found here. The application is frequently installed in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption directory. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's choice. msiexec.exe /i {59B9AACC-6E81-4582-9BDC-9EB9F631EE1F} is the full command line if you want to remove Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools. Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools's main file takes around 274.60 KB (281192 bytes) and is called HpFkCrypt.exe.

Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 962.60 KB (985704 bytes) on disk.

• HpFkCrypt.exe (274.60 KB)
• SbHpAuthenticatorService.exe (688.00 KB)

The information on this page is only about version 5.0.5.0 of Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools. You can find below info on other releases of Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools:

• 5.0.7.1
• 5.0.5.2
• 1.0.1
• 5.0.6.0
• 5.0.4.0
• 1.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.21
• 4.0.14
• 5.0.2.8
• 4.0.9
• 5.0.3.0
• 1.0.4
• 5.0.2.4
• 4.0.15
• 1.0.0
• 4.0.24
• 4.0.11
• 4.0.2
• Unknown
• 1.0.2
• 5.0.2.10
• 4.0.26

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When you're planning to uninstall Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were left behind:

• C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption\Boot\HookFlags.dat
• C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption\Boot\RMREINIT.BIN
• C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption\BootCode.BIN
• C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption\DriveEncryption.chm

Registry that is not removed:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib\{DBEFBB3F-941F-4A27-98CE-1AEC94ED87D3}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Hewlett-Packard\Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\Drive Encryption
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\SafeBoot International\Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{25747AEC-B150-428B-B592-09496E6CA0E6}\LocalServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{2DF98A3A-D965-49AF-A8AD-674686247CF5}\LocalServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E286812E-1E74-4B7A-9E00-81C6AA5049E8}\LocalServer32\
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{F4D2D432-6A48-462F-BFAA-06BDD6CC1762}\LocalServer32\

A way to remove Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools is an application by Hewlett-Packard. Frequently, users decide to remove this application. This can be difficult because removing this manually takes some knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best SIMPLE practice to remove Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools 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 efficient uninstaller and general tool to maximize the performance of your system.

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

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


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

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools or simply activate the Search field and type in "Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools". If it exists on your system the Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools application will be found automatically. When you click Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools in the list of applications, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the program you are about to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools.


8. After removing Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools by Hewlett-Packard from your PC, nor are we saying that Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools by Hewlett-Packard is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Drive Encryption for HP ProtectTools supposing you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.