What is WDDriveUtilities.exe?

WDDriveUtilities.exe is part of WD Drive Utilities and developed by Western Digital according to the WDDriveUtilities.exe version information.

WDDriveUtilities.exe's description is "WD Drive Utilities"

WDDriveUtilities.exe is digitally signed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc..

WDDriveUtilities.exe is usually located in the 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Western Digital\WD Apps\' folder.

None of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal reports anything malicious about WDDriveUtilities.exe.

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Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on WDDriveUtilities.exe:

PropertyValue
Product nameWD Drive Utilities
Company nameWestern Digital
File descriptionWD Drive Utilities
Internal nameWDDriveUtilities.exe
Original filenameWDDriveUtilities.exe
CommentsWD Drive Utilities
Legal copyrightCopyright © Western Digital 2011
Product version1.0.0.3
File version1.0.0.3

Here's a screenshot of the file properties when displayed by Windows Explorer:

Product nameWD Drive Utilities
Company nameWestern Digital
File descriptionWD Drive Utilities
Internal nameWDDriveUtilities.exe
Original filenameWDDriveUtilities.exe
CommentsWD Drive Utilities
Legal copyrightCopyright © Western Digital 2011
Product version1.0.0.3
File version1.0.0.3

Digital signatures [?]

WDDriveUtilities.exe has a valid digital signature.

PropertyValue
Signer nameWestern Digital Technologies, Inc.
Certificate issuer nameVeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA
Certificate serial number460d315fdde6b193a4515a45a2a8cbb7

VirusTotal report

None of the 56 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the WDDriveUtilities.exe file.

None of the 56 anti-virus programs detected the WDDriveUtilities.exe file.

Hashes [?]

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MD5bc97f3606ad3b4a9fad7927234813a82
SHA2564895922b8ac94c2f11deae932fd032545c6f6e3858726e1b1b288ec9046826b5

Error Messages

These are some of the error messages that can appear related to wddriveutilities.exe:

wddriveutilities.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

wddriveutilities.exe - Application Error. The instruction at "0xXXXXXXXX" referenced memory at "0xXXXXXXXX". The memory could not be "read/written". Click on OK to terminate the program.

WD Drive Utilities has stopped working.

End Program - wddriveutilities.exe. This program is not responding.

wddriveutilities.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

wddriveutilities.exe - Application Error. The application failed to initialize properly (0xXXXXXXXX). Click OK to terminate the application.

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Comments

Please share with the other users what you think about this file. What does this file do? Is it legitimate or something that your computer is better without? Do you know how it was installed on your system? Did you install it yourself or did it come bundled with some other software? Is it running smoothly or do you get some error message? Any information that will help to document this file is welcome. Thank you for your contributions.

I'm reading all new comments so don't hesitate to post a question about the file. If I don't have the answer perhaps another user can help you.

dave writes

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hi im haveiong truble with my ex ternal 4 tb hd it wont let me cut or past to it i canr dl to it or ul from it all it lets me do is see whats on it can you help my email is
davidevans60@yahoo.com il be waiting to here back from you
thank you David Evans

# 21 Apr 2019, 18:32

Roger Karlsson writes

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@Dave: Do you get some error message when you try to use the external HD?

# 24 Jun 2019, 23:33

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