Delete driver driverstore

Copy and paste just leaves all the info in the first column of cells. Note that you cannot copy-paste between regular and administrator windows if UAC is active. You have to retype anyway or use the filesystem to transfer commands like make a batch file and then run it from admin. Nvidia and Intel are so aggravating with their massive drivers that never clean up after themselves. Lots of other places they suck up space around the system, too, like the shader cache. The best way to remove a built-in windows component is with NTLite and reinstall.

Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. You can also subscribe without commenting. Leave this field empty. Home About. Never delete any files from DriverStore manually. Prior to clearing up the Driver Store, it is strongly recommended that you create a system restore point Checkpoint-Computer -Description "BeforeDriversDelete" or back up your system image.

After cleaning the storage, you may have to download and install drivers manually if a new device is connected. In some cases, you must delete a driver only using only force —f: pnputil -f -d oemxxx.

Next, select Remove, and the following window will be prompted. Method 2: Delete printer driver using Print Management — Launch the control Panel and navigate to the following and click on Administrative Tool as shown below.

This will open up the Print Management window as shown below. You can use this command to add driver packages and remove them as described here. To have this done, follow the steps below. This will expand the Disk Cleanup option.

Click on Okay. As you can see, I also selected other option to clear. This is absolutely upto you. Now, the Disk clean up will delete all obsolete or unused driver versions. Note 1: AFter performing this operation, be aware that the Roll back driver button in Driver Properties tab of Device Manage will become inactive. Note 2: You can also uninstall the printer driver via the Control Panel or Windows Settings through the uninstall program and features wizard.

I hope you found this blog post helpful. If you have any questions, please let me know in the comment session. Remove the files that are associated with the driver package from the driver store. This section describes how to uninstall devices and driver packages.

It is intended for driver developers who want to provide instructions or tools to their customers. How Devices and Driver Packages are Uninstalled. Skip to main content. This browser is no longer supported.