What is WPI.EXE?

WPI.EXE is part of Windows Post-Install Wizard and developed by Windows Post-Install Wizard according to the WPI.EXE version information.

WPI.EXE's description is "Official WPI executable"

WPI.EXE is usually located in the 'd:\' folder.

Some of the anti-virus scanners at VirusTotal detected WPI.EXE.

If you have additional information about the file, please share it with the FreeFixer users by posting a comment at the bottom of this page.

Vendor and version information [?]

The following is the available information on WPI.EXE:

PropertyValue
Product nameWindows Post-Install Wizard
Company nameWindows Post-Install Wizard
File descriptionOfficial WPI executable
Internal nameWPI
Original filenameWPI.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright Windows Post-Install Wizard (C) 2011
Product version1.0.3.0
File version1.0.3.0

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

Product nameWindows Post-Install Wizard
Company nameWindows Post-Install Wizard
File descriptionOfficial WPI executable
Internal nameWPI
Original filenameWPI.exe
Legal copyrightCopyright Windows Post-Install Wizar..
Product version1.0.3.0
File version1.0.3.0

Digital signatures [?]

WPI.EXE is not signed.

VirusTotal report

2 of the 55 anti-virus programs at VirusTotal detected the WPI.EXE file. That's a 4% detection rate.

ScannerDetection Name
Antiy-AVL Trojan[:HEUR]/Win32.AGeneric
NANO-Antivirus Trojan.Win32.ZPACK.dcorhp
2 of the 55 anti-virus programs detected the WPI.EXE file.

WPI.EXE removal instructions

The instructions below shows how to remove WPI.EXE with help from the FreeFixer removal tool. Basically, you install FreeFixer, scan your computer, check the WPI.EXE file for removal, restart your computer and scan it again to verify that WPI.EXE has been successfully removed. Here are the removal instructions in more detail:

  1. Download and install FreeFixer: http://www.freefixer.com/download.html
  2. Start FreeFixer and press the Start Scan button. The scan will finish in approximately five minutes.
    Screenshot of Start Scan button
  3. When the scan is finished, locate WPI.EXE in the scan result and tick the checkbox next to the WPI.EXE file. Do not check any other file for removal unless you are 100% sure you want to delete it. Tip: Press CTRL-F to open up FreeFixer's search dialog to quickly locate WPI.EXE in the scan result.
    Red arrow point on the unwanted file
    d:\WPI.EXE
  4. Scroll down to the bottom of the scan result and press the Fix button. FreeFixer will now delete the WPI.EXE file.
    Screenshot of Fix button
  5. Restart your computer.
  6. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. If WPI.EXE still remains in the scan result, proceed with the next step. If WPI.EXE is gone from the scan result you're done.
  7. If WPI.EXE still remains in the scan result, check its checkbox again in the scan result and click Fix.
  8. Restart your computer.
  9. Start FreeFixer and scan your computer again. Verify that WPI.EXE no longer appear in the scan result.
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Folder name variants

WPI.EXE may also be located in other folders than d:\. The most common variants are listed below:

Hashes [?]

PropertyValue
MD5b91624337de55e4923ff5218657297df
SHA2566b1e71faee936875d76fdfd65d48671b43d2ec8061ee8ed4af30e984983117dc

Error Messages

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

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

wpi.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.

Official WPI executable has stopped working.

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

wpi.exe is not a valid Win32 application.

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

What will you do with WPI.EXE?

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What did other users do?

The poll result listed below shows what users chose to do with WPI.EXE. 0% have voted for removal. Based on votes from 4 users.

Votes
Keep100 %
4
Remove0 %
0

Comments

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