What is WD Beta Tools?

WD Beta Tools is software application developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 60.00% of installations running this operating system. WD Beta Tools's installer is typically 815.00 KB in size and installs around 7 files. The most common release is 1.10.06.07 with 40.00% of all installations currently using this version.

WD Beta Tools is most popular in the United States with 92.86% of installations residing in this country.

WD Beta Tools adds 2 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • WDBetaTools.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WDBetaTools' (runs daily at 06:00).
  • WDBetaToolsUpdate.exe is scheduled as a task named 'WDBetaToolsUpdate' (runs daily at 5:30 PM).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • WDBetaToolsStatus.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named WDBetaToolsStatus.

Software Details

URL:
https://www.westerndigital.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Beta Tools
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{4CFDBD15-FE17-48FF-BB18-8007DDBCAF6F}\setup.exe" -runfromtemp -l0x0409 -removeonly
Size:
815.00 KB
Language:
English

WD Beta Tools Executable Details

Primary executable:
WDBetaToolsStatus.exe
Name:
WD Beta Tools
Path:
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Beta Tools\WDBetaToolsStatus.exe
MD5:
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by WD Beta Tools
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
44629a619746dd663930015e236ceadd
EXE
f648b6e4b836f129c4d9657b3778a52f
EXE
8c90b87fa9a7bd5aa64acb128c303071
EXE
6b65aac161a576734b516b34a2b2ac0f
EXE
a5f8cccd96643227abe0d447d75ef30f
EXE
07f0ad3b8dfbedca11336f9c8b539a28
EXE
47f8e99652d8358a39bd11d3c9169be7