WD Discovery

A guide to uninstall WD Discovery from your PC

This page is about WD Discovery for Windows. Here you can find details on how to remove it from your PC. It is produced by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. More data about Western Digital Technologies, Inc. can be read here. You can see more info related to WD Discovery at http://support.wdc.com. The application is usually installed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current folder. Keep in mind that this path can vary being determined by the user's choice. The complete uninstall command line for WD Discovery is C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall. WD Discovery.exe is the WD Discovery's main executable file and it occupies around 60.81 MB (63764464 bytes) on disk.

WD Discovery installs the following the executables on your PC, occupying about 121.68 MB (127589816 bytes) on disk.

• Install WD Discovery Utilities.exe (505.48 KB)
• Launch WD Discovery.exe (486.48 KB)
• WD Discovery.exe (60.81 MB)
• WDDiscoveryMonitor.exe (20.98 KB)
• WDDriveUtilitiesSetup.exe (11.77 MB)
• dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe (48.11 MB)

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This data is about WD Discovery version 1.2.39 only. You can find here a few links to other WD Discovery versions:

• 4.0.251
• 3.0.260
• 1.0.957
• 3.5.152
• 5.2.653
• 4.2.288
• 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
• 1.3.329
• 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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Some files and registry entries are frequently left behind when you uninstall WD Discovery.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD Discovery Crashes
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery

The files below are left behind on your disk by WD Discovery when you uninstall it:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\blink_image_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\content_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\content_shell.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\cs-CZ\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\de-DE\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\en-US\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\es-ES\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\fr-FR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\hu-HU\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\it-IT\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ja-JP\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ko-KR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\nb-NO\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\nl-NL\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\pl-PL\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\pt-BR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\ru-RU\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\sv-SE\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\tr-TR\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\zh-CN\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Contents\EULAs\zh-TW\EULA.html
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\d3dcompiler_47.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\ffmpeg.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\icudtl.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Install WD Discovery Utilities.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Launch WD Discovery.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\libEGL.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\libGLESv2.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\LICENSE
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\am.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ar.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\bg.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\bn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ca.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\cs.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\da.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\de.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\el.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\en-GB.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\en-US.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\es.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\es-419.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\et.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fa.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fake-bidi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fil.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\fr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\gu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\he.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\hu.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\id.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\it.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ja.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\kn.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ko.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\lt.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\lv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ml.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\mr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ms.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\nb.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\nl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pt-BR.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\pt-PT.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ro.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ru.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sl.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sv.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\sw.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\ta.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\te.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\th.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\tr.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\uk.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\vi.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\zh-CN.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\locales\zh-TW.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\natives_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\node.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Packages\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Packages\WDDriveUtilities\manifest.json
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Packages\WDDriveUtilities\redist\dotNetFx40_Full_x86_x64.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\Packages\WDDriveUtilities\WDDriveUtilitiesSetup.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\resources\app.asar
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\resources\electron.asar
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\snapshot_blob.bin
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\ui_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\version
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\views_resources_200_percent.pak
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WDDiscoveryMonitor.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\xinput1_3.dll
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Temp\WD Discovery Crashes\operation_log.txt
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\WD Discovery\Cache\data_0

How to erase WD Discovery with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD Discovery is an application offered by the software company Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. Some computer users try to uninstall this application. This can be hard because deleting this manually requires some skill related to Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK practice to uninstall WD Discovery 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general tool to take care of your PC.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's design and number of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good PC management program.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate WD Discovery or simply click the Search field and type in "WD Discovery". If it exists on your system the WD Discovery app will be found automatically. Notice that when you click WD Discovery in the list , some data regarding the program is available to you:

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

For example you can see that for WD Discovery:

• The software company is: http://support.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\Discovery\Current\WD Discovery.exe --uninstall

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will come up. accept the removal by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove WD Discovery.


8. After removing WD Discovery, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed 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 removing WD Discovery with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice 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 page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall WD Discovery in case you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.