Should I remove WD Quick View?

Lifespan of installation (until removal)

Versions

Version	Distribution
2.4.21.1	0.04%
2.4.20.48	0.74%
2.4.16.16	9.01%
2.4.15.1	0.16%
2.4.14.13	4.46%
2.4.13.7	0.83%
2.4.12.1	10.65%
2.4.11.4	2.67%
2.4.10.17	19.26%
2.4.6.3	7.14%
2.4.4.5	1.99%
2.4.2.26	9.54%
2.4.1.9	5.10%
2.4.0.39	2.22%
2.3.0.20	7.34%
2.2.1.6	7.52%
2.2.0.8	5.36%
2.1.0.11	2.94%
2.0.1.2	1.95%
2.0.0.38	0.76%
1.6.5.3	0.10%
1.6.4.7	0.23%

Typically installed together

• WD SmartWare

Other programs by Western Digital Technologies

• WD SmartWare
• WD SmartWare Installer
• SES Driver
• WD My Cloud
• WD Diagnostics
• WD Security
• WD Drive Utilities
• WD Link
• WD Discovery
• Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for Windows
• My Net View
• WD SmartWare Drive Manager
• WD Discovery Software
• WD Access
• WD Sync
• WD Drive Manager x86
• Western Digital USB 3.0 Host Controller Driver
• WD Software Upgrader
• WD Firewire HID Driver
• WD Livewire Utility
• WD FAT32 Formatter
• Western Digital USB Mass Storage Driver Installation
• WD SmartWare Quick View
• WD Win98 SE USB Disk Driver, v1.00.09
• NetCenter EasyLink
• My Book RAID Manager
• WDCSAM Driver
• WD Boost
• WD Beta Tools
• LPC Driver

Rankings

• #816 Intel Display Audio Driver
• #817 TOSHIBA Display Utility
• #818 Nokia PC Suite
• #819 abFiles by Acer
• #820 ViewNX 2 by Nikon
• #821 WD Quick View by Western Digital Technologies
• #822 avast! Internet Security by AVAST Software
• #823 Music Manager by Google Inc
• #824 Dell PhotoStage by ArcSoft
• #825 Nikon Message Center 2
• #826 Auslogics Disk Defrag

from Western Digital Technologies, Inc.

Remove WD Quick View by Western Digital Technol...

This is a utility that will discover WD network attached storage drives on the network and provide drive status information.

WD Quick View is a software program developed by Western Digital Technologies. The most common release is 2.4.10.17, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. During setup, the program creates a startup registration point in Windows in order to automatically start when any user boots the PC. 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 programs's main executable is WDDMStatus.exe and has been seen to consume an average CPU of less than one percent, and utilizes about 3.77 MB of memory. It also includes a system tray icon that is displayed in the notifications area while the program is running. The setup package generally installs about 5 files and is usually about 8.88 MB (9,312,907 bytes). Relative to the overall usage of users who have this installed on their PCs, most are running Windows 10 and Windows 7 (SP1). While about 58% of users of WD Quick View come from the United States, it is also popular in Germany and Canada.

URL: support.wdc.com

Installation folder: C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Quick View\

Uninstaller: MsiExec.exe /X{7AE7E90E-B406-479F-A880-CBEAD07C492C}

Estimated size: 8.88 MB

Language: English (United States)

• WDDMStatus.exe connects to www.westerndigital.be (129.253.55.56 port 80).

WDDMStatus.exe
Memory:	3.77 MB	21.09 MB average
Total CPU:	0.0004015419%	0.031193% average
Kernel CPU:	0.00030096%	0.016088% average
User CPU:	0.00010058%	0.015104% average
CPU cycles/sec:	11,749,147	8,062,084 average
Switches/sec:	23	70 average
I/O reads/min:	102.08 KB	435.61 KB average
I/O writes/min:	0 Bytes	105.02 KB average

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/7/8/10: Click Uninstall a Program.
• Windows XP: Click Add or Remove Programs.
2. When you find the program WD Quick View, click it, and then do one of the following:
• Windows Vista/7/8/10: 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 Quick View.

HOW IT STARTS Automatically starts? Yes (Found in the run registry)

USER ACTIONS Uninstall it 6% Keep it 94%

GLOBAL RANK #821

Which Windows OS versions does it run on?

United States	57.95%
Germany	7.26%
Canada	5.80%
United Kingdom	5.49%
France	2.79%
Italy	2.28%
Netherlands	2.14%
Australia	1.74%
Sweden	0.89%
Belgium	0.87%
Spain	0.80%
Switzerland	0.71%
India	0.66%
Norway	0.60%

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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