Rollback driver using a bootable USB - is this possible?

larrens · 28 Jun 2016

Hello

I updated a driver in Windows 10 last night and upon rebooting, my PC doesn't get past the Windows logo.

Eventually a purple screen suggests something in wrong and it will "analyse".

However no options work.
Before I reinstall Windows, does anyone know if I can create a Win10 bootable USB to then roll back the bad driver?

Thanks

TrustMe · 28 Jun 2016

I don't know about rolling it back but I believe you can delete it at the command line. Here is a guide from Windows 8 Forums. I believe it will work for W10 also. Look at Option 3.

Driver - Uninstall in Windows

larrens · 29 Jun 2016

Thanks - I will try that.

Do you know if that will only work with an elevated command prompt, or if I boot in 'safe mode with command prompt' it will be the same?

TrustMe said:

I don't know about rolling it back but I believe you can delete it at the command line. Here is a guide from Windows 8 Forums. I believe it will work for W10 also. Look at Option 3.

Driver - Uninstall in Windows

TrustMe · 29 Jun 2016

Step one in the guide says it has to be an elevated command prompt. I'm not sure but you should be able to get an elevated command prompt in Safe Mode. Right click the Start button and choose "Command Prompt (Admin)" or type "command" in the search box, right click the command prompt icon that it finds and choose "Run as administrator". Both ways give you the elevated command prompt.