Remove a driver I installed in error?


  1. perdrix
    Posts : 261
    Windows 10 Pro x64 Version 1903
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    Remove a driver I installed in error?


    I had a slight brain fart earlier today and installed a driver (via the .inf file) for which I don't have the matching hardware.

    How do I get rid of it properly? As the device was never present (and can't be as I have no PCI-X slots) it doesn't show up in device manager ...

    Thanks
    David
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  3. lx07
    Posts : 5,478
    2004
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    I'd use this - DriverStoreExplorer.

    You don't need to install it - just download from releases tab on GitHub and run as administrator.
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  4. Try3
    Posts : 16,956
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
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    David,

    Don't be surprised if you find nothing using DriverStoreExplorer.

    The driver installation should have searched for a relevant Hardware ID then, upon finding that there was no match, it should have just closed without doing anything. Good driver installation packages would tell you what they had done / not done but they don't all do so.

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  6. perdrix
    Posts : 261
    Windows 10 Pro x64 Version 1903
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    DriverStoreExplorer did the job - perfect!

    Thank you
    David
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