HP Update

How to uninstall HP Update from your PC

This web page is about HP Update for Windows. Below you can find details on how to uninstall it from your PC. It is written by Hewlett-Packard. More data about Hewlett-Packard can be read here. Click on http://www.hp.com to get more information about HP Update on Hewlett-Packard's website. The program is usually located in the C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update directory. Take into account that this location can differ being determined by the user's choice. You can remove HP Update by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line MsiExec.exe /X{612F4E20-3661-4D44-AD79-823F1B613FB3}. Note that you might be prompted for admin rights. hpwucli.exe is the programs's main file and it takes about 620.55 KB (635448 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of HP Update. They occupy about 668.61 KB (684656 bytes) on disk.

• hpwucli.exe (620.55 KB)
• hpwuschd2.exe (48.05 KB)

The current page applies to HP Update version 5.002.008.001 alone. For more HP Update versions please click below:

• 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
• 5.005.000.001
• 5.002.005.001
• 5.003.003.001
• 4.000.013.003
• 5.002.000.013
• 5.005.001.002
• 5.003.001.001

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If you are manually uninstalling HP Update we advise you to verify if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update

Usually, the following files remain on disk:

• C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwucli.exe
• C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\hpwuschd2.exe
• C:\Program Files\HP\HP Software Update\SoftwareUpdate.dll
• C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\HP\HP Update.lnk

Registry keys:

• HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Hewlett-Packard\HP Software Update
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\02E4F216166344D4DA9728F3B116F33B

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\Program Files\Hp\HP Software Update\
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components\4BAA70E7F393F7F439C5E28871E0CF72\02E4F216166344D4DA9728F3B116F33B
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\02E4F216166344D4DA9728F3B116F33B\InstallProperties\InstallLocation
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{612F4E20-3661-4D44-AD79-823F1B613FB3}\InstallLocation

A way to remove HP Update with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

HP Update is a program by the software company Hewlett-Packard. Frequently, people want to uninstall this program. This is efortful because removing this by hand takes some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY manner 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 on your Windows system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to clean your Windows system.

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• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


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

6. Navigate the list of programs until you find HP Update or simply activate the Search feature and type in "HP Update". The HP Update application will be found automatically. Notice that after you select HP Update in the list of applications, the following data regarding the application is available to you:

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

For instance you can see that for HP Update:

• The software company is: http://www.hp.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{612F4E20-3661-4D44-AD79-823F1B613FB3}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. Confirm the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall HP Update.


8. After removing HP Update, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of HP Update which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling HP Update with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall HP Update by Hewlett-Packard from your PC, nor are we saying that HP Update by Hewlett-Packard is not a good software application. This page only contains detailed info on how to uninstall HP Update supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.