WD Discovery

A guide to uninstall WD Discovery from your system

WD Discovery is a Windows program. Read more about how to uninstall it from your PC. The Windows release was developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Take a look here for more information on Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. You can read more about related to WD Discovery at http://support.wdc.com. Usually the WD Discovery program is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current directory, depending on the user's option during install. C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall is the full command line if you want to remove WD Discovery. WD Discovery.exe is the programs's main file and it takes circa 77.60 MB (81373696 bytes) on disk.

WD Discovery is composed of the following executables which occupy 157.21 MB (164850520 bytes) on disk:

• dotNetFx45_Full_setup.exe (66.76 MB)
• Install WD Discovery Utilities.exe (504.50 KB)
• Launch WD Discovery.exe (484.50 KB)
• rclone.exe (10.29 MB)
• WD Device Agent.exe (701.00 KB)
• WD Discovery.exe (77.60 MB)
• WDDiscoveryMonitor.exe (23.00 KB)
• notifu.exe (250.00 KB)
• notifu64.exe (300.00 KB)
• SnoreToast.exe (288.50 KB)
• WDDiscoveryService.exe (71.00 KB)

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The information on this page is only about version 4.2.288 of WD Discovery. You can find below a few links to other WD Discovery versions:

• 4.0.251
• 3.0.260
• 1.0.957
• 3.5.152
• 5.2.653
• 4.3.361
• 2.1.191
• 3.0.384
• 102.0.1.10
• 2.1.332
• 3.0.377
• 4.5.420
• 3.3.50
• 4.1.270
• 1.1.223
• 4.4.396
• 3.4.89
• 3.3.34
• 102.0.0.116
• 3.0.268
• 3.2.256
• 1.1.103
• 4.4.407
• 5.1.618
• 1.2.39
• 1.3.329
• 2.1.378
• 5.0.589
• 4.3.385
• 3.0.376
• 2.1.288
• 1.0.963
• 2.1.371
• 3.9.234
• 2.2.408
• 3.0.245
• 3.8.229
• 4.6.433
• 3.0.250
• 1.3.482
• 3.6.163
• 1.3.467
• 3.4.90
• 3.7.214
• 4.3.327
• 4.3.336

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A considerable amount of files, folders and registry entries can not be removed when you are trying to remove WD Discovery from your computer.

You should delete the folders below after you uninstall WD Discovery:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery

Files remaining:

• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000003
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000004
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000005
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000006
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000007
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000008
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_00000a
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_00000b
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_00000c
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_00000d
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_00000f
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000010
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\f_000011
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cookies
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\databases\Databases.db
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\data_0
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\data_1
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\data_2
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\data_3
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\GPUCache\index
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\file__0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\https_www.mycloud.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\https_www.mycloud.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\https_www.mycloud.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\https_www.mycloud.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\IndexedDB\https_www.mycloud.com_0.indexeddb.leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\https_www.mycloud.com_0.localstorage
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\000003.log
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\CURRENT
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\LOCK
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\LOG
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Local Storage\leveldb\MANIFEST-000001
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\lockfile
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Network Persistent State
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\apps.json
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\access_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\acronis.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\acronis@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\backup_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\blancco.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\blancco@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\default_app.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\default_app_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\digime.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\digime@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\drive_utilities_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\eset.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\eset@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\magisto.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\magisto@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\plex.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\plex@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\security_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\smartware_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync_disabled.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync_hover.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\sync_hover.svg
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\upthere.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\upthere@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_backup.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_backup@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_security.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_security@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_utilities.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\apps\wd_utilities@2x.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0110.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\0111.png
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\plugins\com.wdc.plugin.catalog\current\assets\devices\070A.png

Generally the following registry keys will not be cleaned:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\WDDiscovery

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe.FriendlyAppName

A way to remove WD Discovery from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Discovery is an application marketed by the software company Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some computer users want to uninstall it. Sometimes this can be difficult because removing this manually takes some advanced knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. One of the best EASY action to uninstall WD Discovery is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on 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 the best uninstaller and all around tool to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• go to 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 useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the programs existing on the PC will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate WD Discovery or simply activate the Search field and type in "WD Discovery". The WD Discovery app will be found very quickly. When you click WD Discovery in the list of programs, the following information regarding the application is available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This explains the opinion other people have regarding WD Discovery, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

For instance you can see that for WD Discovery:

• The web site of the program is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove WD Discovery.


8. After removing WD Discovery, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong WD Discovery which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling WD Discovery using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

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

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. from your PC, nor are we saying that WD Discovery by Western Digital Technologies, Inc. is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WD Discovery in case you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.