WD SmartWare
What is WD SmartWare?
WD SmartWare is software application developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 66.97% of installations running this operating system. WD SmartWare's installer is typically 23.00 MB in size and installs around 115 files. The most common release is 1.4.5.5 with 20.09% of all installations currently using this version.
WD SmartWare is most popular in the United States with 61.13% of installations residing in this country.
WD SmartWare adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times. When using a computer that is connected to the internet, WD SmartWare is known to create 1 firewall exception to allow inbound and outbound connectivity.
About WD SmartWare?
Western Digital includes WD SmartWare software with many of its drives to serve as a reliable backup solution. This software automatically backs up all types of files, including documents, pictures, movies, and emails, to the drive and monitors for any changes in file locations. This ensures that regular and ongoing backups are performed seamlessly.
Software Behaviors
- Services:
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- WDRulesEngine.exe runs as a service named 'WDRules' (WDRulesService) "WD SmartWare Rules Engine".
- WDFME.exe runs as a service named 'WDFME' (WDFMEService) "WD SmartWare File Management Engine".
- WDDMService.exe runs as a service named 'WDDMService' (WDDMService) "WD SmartWare Drive Manager".
- WDBackupEngine.exe runs as a service named 'WD Backup' (WDBackup) "WD SmartWare Backup Engine".
- Firewall:
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- WDSmartWare.exe is added as a firewall exception for 'C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\Front Parlor\WDSmartWare.exe'.
- Scheduled tasks:
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- WDSmartWare.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{7EC904D3-9FBF-4D18-8F96-CD8B0B04029E}' (runs on registration).
- WDDMStatus.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{9F5930D5-79DE-42C2-95F4-D7E06DB1006C}' (runs on registration).
- WD Quick Formatter.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{204947D0-DD09-4DC5-B883-6015F95BA1FF}' (runs on registration).
Software Details
- URL:
- https://support.wdc.com
- Support:
- –
- Installation path:
- C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\
- Uninstaller:
- MsiExec.exe /X{22A51951-1F45-4C8A-B888-306527F9C45F}
- Size:
- 23.00 MB
- Language:
- English
WD SmartWare Executable Details
- Primary executable:
- WDSmartWare.exe
- Name:
- WD SmartWare
- Path:
- C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD SmartWare\WDSmartWare.exe
- MD5:
- 90eb4a3bb08928142abb9955a0abc365
- SHA-1:
- –
- SHA-256:
- –