Yes, I am the same woman from Gurgu3D.
Sorry, you are saying that if I block driver downloads from Microsoft via Windows Update group policy, I can't download and install drivers from nVidia? Hmm. That's strange. I've had that setting enabled for years across hundreds of PCs I have built and managed, and the creation of this folder started only almost two weeks ago and ONLY on one PC
The OS hasn't changed since I installed 1703 back July of 2017, other than the version (1703, 1709, 1809 always via clean install), it's always been the same Windows 10 X64. So what do you mean "Wrong OS selected"?
I only use the standard drivers. I get my drivers from
Advanced Driver Search | NVIDIA
If I had installed the DCH drivers I would have lost the nVidia control panel and be getting an error every single time I start the computer.
I posted on Guru3D because of the inability to install any driver after using DDU. I posted here because of the folder creation. The original post here makes no mention of DDU, as that was a suggestion proposed by someone here. It was only then I headed over to Guru3D.
In what appears to be a poorly worded and failed attempt at clarity I gave background on the whole scenario. I should stop doing that as is seems to muddy the waters and often results in no solutions.
On these forums, the topic is the creation of the folder, and tbh, that really is the only thing I am concerned about. DDU is a fantastic tool from the looks of it, but I've used it once only since I first used Windows back in the early 90's.
If I changed something then I don't know what I changed. It certainly wasn't deliberate. My PC has been stable since I reinstalled it in Feb 2020. The ONLY thing I've changed is the monthly Microsoft Windows 10 CU's and NOTHING else.
It's starting to look like a complete reinstall of Windows is going to be the only solution. At least then I can check at various points if and when the folder creation starts happening and get a feel for what's causing it.
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I think I have a workaround. Why logging started I don't know, but I found a reg file on
https://custhelp.nvdia.com that disables logging and it has stopped the folder creation.
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer]
"Logging"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\NVIDIA Corporation\Installer]
"Logging"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Logging\Definitions\LogFilters\PassFilter]
"DefaultLogLevel"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\NVIDIA Corporation\Logging\Definitions\LogFilters\PassFilter]
"DefaultLogLevel"=dword:00000000
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Logging]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\NVIDIA Corporation\Logging]