Permanently delete driver

[just_david]

Am I just being a Muppet, or has the permanently delete a driver option vanished from device manager?

 

I need to remove a driver to test another one and the old one keeps re-installing before I get the chance >.<

[LeMarchand]

Am I just being a Muppet, or has the permanently delete a driver option vanished from device manager?

 

I need to remove a driver to test another one and the old one keeps re-installing before I get the chance >.<

I always found the availability of that option to be a bit patchy anyway. You should be able to turn off auto-installation: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/2500967

[Steve21]

Do you need to uninstall it? You can always just go update driver and point to the new one (or is it an older version?), Might want to try it while network unplugged if it is WSUS etc installing it

 

Steve

[just_david]

I'm trying to get a bit more specific with the driver so I can deploy only whats needed and not 200+ mb of other languages etc.

Normally its a piece of cake to do but without that little checkbox its turning into a sod ^^

[LeMarchand]

I'm trying to get a bit more specific with the driver so I can deploy only whats needed and not 200+ mb of other languages etc.

Normally its a piece of cake to do but without that little checkbox its turning into a sod ^^

 

Have you tried extracting with 7-Zip and pointing the device at the extracted folder for its driver?

[just_david]

Have you tried extracting with 7-Zip and pointing the device at the extracted folder for its driver?

 

Thats what i'm trying to do, but i need to delete the old driver first

[Koldov]

I always found the availability of that option to be a bit patchy anyway.

 

Sometimes it's there for me, sometimes not...

 

Does it depends on the driver version/manufacturer or how it was installed (via standalone full package or Windows add printer/pulled down from server)?

[just_david]

Sometimes it's there for me, sometimes not...

 

Does it depends on the driver version/manufacturer or how it was installed (via standalone full package or Windows add printer/pulled down from server)?

 

This is a driver I installed manually as its not there in the deployment, the standard windows one works, so one was never put in, but it's WoL is patchy at best.