Next, remove any other Devices form the hardware category that you are dealing with, just in case they are interfering with YOUR device. Launch the app, and search/sort by your Device Vendor's name, and you can delete the associated files. Here ), to remove any Shell Extensions, related to your Device.

You can even go as far as to use the freeware ShellExView (available from

If there is a problem down the road, these can always be enabled again. This will ensure that the needed files won't be in memory next boot up, can be deleted after the upcoming reboot.

Keep in mind, less complex Devices aren't quite as hard to remove, as there is less configuration information in the Registry, as well as installed apps and less Driver files.įirst of all, go to (Start>Run>) MSConfig, and uncheck ALL items under both the Services and the Startup Tabs (if any exist) for your device in question. Part of that 'due diligence' might also involve taking backups and creating a 'recovery' disk - depends on what you are removing. So as long as you do your 'due diligence' in documentation before you start, you should have a little bit less to go through. *should* remove some of the configuration details from the Registry on its own. If you are working on a Desktop PC, then once the device is removed, it This device was in a laptop, so it was not needed to actually remove the device. Please, make sure that you are doing this for the proper device installed on If you are not comfortable doing this, please do not attempt this process.įor this scenario, let's use my Video Driver, anĪTI Mobility Radeon HD 2600.

System Directory, and removing keys from the I know most of you might just skip through it for the most important steps, but hey, I like to be thorough.ĪDVANCED method that requires renaming files in the I know it is kinda lengthy and very basic in its format, but I figured I would just drop to the basics and make it easy to follow. I wanted to pass this along in case anyone has a problem removing a device from the Device Manager, or if you suspect a corrupted Driver that you want to remove in its entirety.

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