Should I remove WD Discovery Software?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
1.80	64.10%
1.70	29.81%
1.61.0932.001	3.37%
1.50.0907.004	2.72%

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• WD Software Upgrader
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Remove WD Discovery Software

The Discovery Tool is used to discover WD drives on the network, and to create mapped network drives from their share folders.

WD Discovery Software is a software program developed by Western Digital Technologies. The most common release is 1.80, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. A scheduled task is added to Windows Task Scheduler in order to launch the program at various scheduled times (the schedule varies depending on the version). The software is designed to connect to the Internet and adds a Windows Firewall exception in order to do so without being interfered with. The primary executable is named WD Discovery.exe. The setup package generally installs about 11 files and is usually about 7.67 MB (8,045,772 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 7 (SP1) and Windows 8. While about 49% of users of WD Discovery Software come from the United States, it is also popular in United Kingdom and Canada.

URL: support.wdc.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Discovery Software\

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /I{324F388E-4F28-42D6-ADD1-9AB27D249523}

Estimated size: 7.67 MB

Language: English (United States)

Quickly and completely remove WD Discovery Software from your computer by downloading "Should I Remove It?", its 100% FREE and installs in seconds (click the button below).

1. On the Start menu (for Windows 8, right-click the screen's bottom-left corner), click Control Panel, and then, under Programs, do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program WD Discovery Software, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8: Click Uninstall.
• Windows XP: Click the Remove or Change/Remove tab (to the right of the program).
3. Follow the prompts. A progress bar shows you how long it will take to remove WD Discovery Software.

OS VERSIONS Win 7 (SP1) 62% Win Vista (SP1) 0%

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 12% Keep it 88%

GLOBAL RANK #10,906

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	48.83%
United Kingdom	6.66%
Canada	6.40%
Germany	5.22%
Australia	5.09%
Italy	3.66%
Netherlands	3.39%
France	3.00%
Belgium	2.35%
Spain	1.57%
Brazil	1.44%
DK	1.17%
Switzerland	1.04%
South Africa	0.65%

What PC manufacturers (OEMs) have it installed?

Western Digital is one of the largest hard disk drive manufacturers and has a long history in the electronics industry as an integrated circuit maker and a storage products company.

Publisher URL: www.wdc.com

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