Anyway to remove a whole series of devices

jimbo45 · 03 Oct 2017

Hi there

I seem to have a share port device installed about 120 times on Devices

any way to remove these quickly --the only way I can see is a tedious one at a time . goodness knows how these devices got added many times. I think the device is a portable modem but I only have ONE.

Anyway to remove a whole series of devices-devices.png

Cheers

jimbo

comtrjl · 03 Oct 2017

Have you tried this one:
http://www.uwe-sieber.de/misc_tools_e.html
Scroll down a bit to Device Cleanup Tool.

f14tomcat · 03 Oct 2017

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

I seem to have a share port device installed about 120 times on Devices

any way to remove these quickly --the only way I can see is a tedious one at a time . goodness knows how these devices got added many times. I think the device is a portable modem but I only have ONE.

Cheers

jimbo

Does it show in Device Manager like that, too? Try just uninstalling it thru Device manager and see if goes away.

Lub · 20 Feb 2023

comtrjl said:

Have you tried this one:
Tools for Windows
Scroll down a bit to Device Cleanup Tool.

Great toll, thanks!

About whole series of devices, I had a same problem with a Smart TV even I don't have it at all!
It magically appears time to time, hundreds of them.

I fix it with a Group Policy editor, look at this section procedure:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/wi...ific-printer-1

-there is a printer example, never mind, use same procedure for any device.