HP 3D DriveGuard

How to uninstall HP 3D DriveGuard from your system

HP 3D DriveGuard is a software application. This page holds details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It was created for Windows by Hewlett-Packard Company. Open here for more details on Hewlett-Packard Company. Click on http://www.hp.com to get more details about HP 3D DriveGuard on Hewlett-Packard Company's website. The program is frequently found in the C:\Program Files\Hewlett-Packard\HP 3D DriveGuard folder (same installation drive as Windows). HP 3D DriveGuard's complete uninstall command line is MsiExec.exe /X{6C8684DD-B238-4806-9E93-BDD12CD11998}. The program's main executable file is called HpAbout.exe and its approximative size is 24.71 KB (25304 bytes).

The following executable files are incorporated in HP 3D DriveGuard. They occupy 351.36 KB (359792 bytes) on disk.

• accelerometerST.exe (73.81 KB)
• HpAbout.exe (24.71 KB)
• HpCplApp.exe (17.71 KB)
• HpTile2.exe (195.81 KB)
• hptileapp.exe (39.31 KB)

This page is about HP 3D DriveGuard version 5.1.12.1 only. You can find below info on other application versions of HP 3D DriveGuard:

• 1.10.8.1
• 5.1.7.1
• 5.0.8.0
• 6.0.10.1
• 4.1.9.1
• 6.0.18.1
• 5.0.9.0
• 4.1.1.5
• 4.0.10.1
• 6.0.15.1
• 4.1.1.6
• 4.0.5.1
• 6.0.13.1
• 4.1.12.1
• 6.0.28.1
• 5.0.6.0
• 4.1.5.1
• 6.0.17.1
• 6.0.16.1
• 4.2.8.1
• 6.0.27.1
• 4.1.8.1
• 4.2.9.1
• 6.0.21.1
• 6.0.25.1
• 6.0.24.1
• 1.10.9.1
• 1.20.5.1
• 5.1.5.1
• 4.1.7.1
• 4.1.4.1
• 6.0.9.1
• 4.1.14.1
• 6.0.19.1
• 4.1.10.1
• 4.2.5.1
• 5.2.2.1
• 6.0.23.1
• 4.1.16.1

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After the uninstall process, the application leaves some files behind on the PC. Some of these are shown below.

The files below were left behind on your disk by HP 3D DriveGuard's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent\HP 3D DriveGuard.lnk
• C:\Windows\Installer\{FDD976AA-CF59-4BF0-AD3F-A88A46DCE34D}\controlPanelIcon.exe

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the data below:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\AA679DDF95FC0FB4DAF38AA864CD3ED4
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{FDD976AA-CF59-4BF0-AD3F-A88A46DCE34D}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Hewlett-Packard\HP 3D DriveGuard

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\AA679DDF95FC0FB4DAF38AA864CD3ED4\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Windows\Installer\{FDD976AA-CF59-4BF0-AD3F-A88A46DCE34D}\

A way to erase HP 3D DriveGuard from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP 3D DriveGuard is an application by the software company Hewlett-Packard Company. Sometimes, computer users try to remove it. Sometimes this can be easier said than done because performing this manually takes some knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best QUICK solution to remove HP 3D DriveGuard 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 Windows system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is an efficient uninstaller and general tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. All the programs installed on your computer will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate HP 3D DriveGuard or simply activate the Search feature and type in "HP 3D DriveGuard". If it is installed on your PC the HP 3D DriveGuard app will be found automatically. After you click HP 3D DriveGuard in the list , the following data regarding the program is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the lower left corner). This tells you the opinion other users have regarding HP 3D DriveGuard, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the application you want to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for HP 3D DriveGuard:

• The software company is: http://www.hp.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{6C8684DD-B238-4806-9E93-BDD12CD11998}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will come up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove HP 3D DriveGuard.


8. After uninstalling HP 3D DriveGuard, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong HP 3D DriveGuard that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling HP 3D DriveGuard with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your PC.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall HP 3D DriveGuard by Hewlett-Packard Company from your computer, nor are we saying that HP 3D DriveGuard by Hewlett-Packard Company is not a good software application. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall HP 3D DriveGuard 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.