HP Update

A guide to uninstall HP Update from your system

You can find on this page detailed information on how to remove HP Update for Windows. It was created for Windows by Hewlett-Packard. Check out here where you can find out more on Hewlett-Packard. Please follow http://www.hp.com if you want to read more on HP Update on Hewlett-Packard's web page. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update directory. Take into account that this location can differ depending on the user's decision. MsiExec.exe /X{97486FBE-A3FC-4783-8D55-EA37E9D171CC} is the full command line if you want to remove HP Update. hpwucli.exe is the HP Update's main executable file and it occupies close to 626.05 KB (641080 bytes) on disk.

HP Update contains of the executables below. They take 674.11 KB (690288 bytes) on disk.

• hpwucli.exe (626.05 KB)
• hpwuschd2.exe (48.05 KB)

This page is about HP Update version 5.005.000.001 alone. You can find below info on other releases of HP Update:

• 5.002.007.004
• 5.002.001.004
• 5.002.006.003
• 5.005.000.002
• 5.003.002.004
• 5.002.003.003
• 5.003.000.004
• 5.002.005.003
• 5.5
• 5.001.000.014
• 5.002.002.002
• 5.002.000.010
• 5.005.002.002
• 5.002.005.001
• 5.003.003.001
• 4.000.013.003
• 5.002.000.013
• 5.005.001.002
• 5.003.001.001
• 5.002.008.001

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If you're planning to uninstall HP Update you should check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders found on disk after you uninstall HP Update from your PC:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update

The files below remain on your disk by HP Update's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update\hpwucli.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuSchd2.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\HP\HP Software Update\SoftwareUpdate.dll
• C:\Windows\Installer\{97486FBE-A3FC-4783-8D55-EA37E9D171CC}\ARPPRODUCTICON.exe

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EBF68479CF3A3874D855AE739E1D17CC
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{97486FBE-A3FC-4783-8D55-EA37E9D171CC}

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

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\EBF68479CF3A3874D855AE739E1D17CC\ProductName

How to remove HP Update from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Update is an application released by the software company Hewlett-Packard. Frequently, people try to uninstall this application. This is efortful because performing this by hand requires some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to uninstall HP Update 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your system.

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good Windows optimizer.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications existing on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find HP Update or simply activate the Search feature and type in "HP Update". If it exists on your system the HP Update program will be found very quickly. When you select HP Update in the list of programs, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). This explains the opinion other users have regarding HP Update, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for HP Update:

• The publisher is: http://www.hp.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{97486FBE-A3FC-4783-8D55-EA37E9D171CC}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall HP Update.


8. After uninstalling HP Update, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong HP Update that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing HP Update with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and ready to run without errors or problems.

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Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall HP Update by Hewlett-Packard from your computer, nor are we saying that HP Update by Hewlett-Packard is not a good application for your computer. This page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall HP Update in case you decide this is what you want to do. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.