WD Discovery installation stuck at 18 percent: run the trusted installer as administrator

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Use WD Discovery’s official installer intended for this computer.

Right-click the WD Discovery installer and run it as administrator.

Reported outcome: Installation completed.

Allow the installer to finish or report its actual error. If elevation changes nothing, preserve that error instead of repeatedly running installers with higher privileges.

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WD Discovery installer hangs at 18% on Windows 10 — reported case