WD SmartWare

A way to uninstall WD SmartWare from your PC

This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall WD SmartWare for Windows. It was developed for Windows by Western Digital. More info about Western Digital can be found here. You can get more details about WD SmartWare at www.wdc.com. WD SmartWare is normally set up in the C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare folder, subject to the user's option. The full uninstall command line for WD SmartWare is MsiExec.exe /X{07179D37-D5FE-4373-90D9-A25B992EFB3E}. WDDMService.exe is the WD SmartWare's primary executable file and it occupies circa 282.00 KB (288768 bytes) on disk.

The executable files below are part of WD SmartWare. They occupy an average of 4.32 MB (4525056 bytes) on disk.

• WDDMService.exe (282.00 KB)
• WDDMStatus.exe (4.04 MB)

The information on this page is only about version 1.4.5.5 of WD SmartWare. You can find below info on other versions of WD SmartWare:

• 1.1.0.7
• 1.6.1.5
• 1.1.1.3
• 1.6.2.6
• 1.2.1.26
• 1.3.0.16
• 1.3.1.6
• 1.2.0.8
• 1.5.0
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.6.0.25
• 1.4.2.5
• 1.4.3.4
• 1.1.1.6
• 1.5.1
• 1.4.1.1
• 1.1.1.4
• 1.2.0.20
• 1.2.0.7
• 1.1.0.2

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Quite a few files, folders and Windows registry entries can be left behind when you remove WD SmartWare from your computer.

Check for and remove the following files from your disk when you uninstall WD SmartWare:

• C:\Windows\Installer\{07179D37-D5FE-4373-90D9-A25B992EFB3E}\WDSmartWare.exe

Registry that is not uninstalled:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\73D97170EF5D3734099D2AB599E2BFE3
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{07179D37-D5FE-4373-90D9-A25B992EFB3E}
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\Western Digital\WD SmartWare

Registry values that are not removed from your computer:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\Installer\Products\73D97170EF5D3734099D2AB599E2BFE3\ProductName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\Folders\C:\windows\Installer\{07179D37-D5FE-4373-90D9-A25B992EFB3E}\

How to uninstall WD SmartWare from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

WD SmartWare is an application by Western Digital. Some users want to remove this application. This can be difficult because removing this by hand takes some know-how regarding Windows internal functioning. The best QUICK action to remove WD SmartWare 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, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows system.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take some time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of features available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the applications installed on the PC will appear

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate WD SmartWare or simply click the Search field and type in "WD SmartWare". If it exists on your system the WD SmartWare program will be found very quickly. After you click WD SmartWare in the list of programs, the following information about the program is shown to you:

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

For instance you can see that for WD SmartWare:

• The publisher is: www.wdc.com
• The uninstall string is: MsiExec.exe /X{07179D37-D5FE-4373-90D9-A25B992EFB3E}

7. Press the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will appear. accept the removal by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall WD SmartWare.


8. After uninstalling WD SmartWare, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to proceed with the cleanup. All the items of WD SmartWare that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By uninstalling WD SmartWare with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

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

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Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to uninstall WD SmartWare by Western Digital from your PC, we are not saying that WD SmartWare by Western Digital is not a good application for your PC. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall WD SmartWare supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.