D-Link dongle driver frustration

[JW The Computer Guy]

When removing a device in device manager, have you noticed that the driver is not deleted? How do I delete the driver files without going into System32 (and possibly deleting the wrong files)?

 

[DarDar]

look at usbdeview from nirsoft. It will give you a history of the devices plugged into the usb port and the driver file associated with that device.

 

[usacvlr]

If this is for ethernet get the trendnet usb dongle. Works without installing a driver. Most wonderful gadget of all. If they have a wireless one that would be cool too

 

[MrUnknown]

When removing a device in device manager, have you noticed that the driver is not deleted? How do I delete the driver files without going into System32 (and possibly deleting the wrong files)?

When you uninstall a device using the device manager, there is a checkbox to delete the driver files. I believe this actually works.

 

[retghy]

When you uninstall a device using the device manager, there is a checkbox to delete the driver files. I believe this actually works.

You find that check box in Vista/7 but not in Windows XP.

So in device manager, right click the device go to Driver tab and driver detail, you will find there the actual file that it's used, delete from device manager then go after that file, (use Portable Everything to find it instantly )

 

[Methical]

This may help you.. Use at own risk though.

I was goin' to add this lil' script here into my project, but I decided against it because it may cause more problems than good. (It should/might remove USB devices other than storage)

This here searches for all USB devices that have been listed in Device Manager (even flash drives plugged in from last year) and uninstalls them. Requires the DevCon utility from Microsoft.

DEVCON FindAll =USB | FIND ":" >> RenewUSB.dat
FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=:	 " %%A IN ('DEVCON FindAll ^=USB ^| FIND ":"') DO DEVCON Remove "@%%A"
DEVCON FindAll USB* | FIND ":" >> RenewUSB.dat
FOR /F "tokens=1 delims=:	 " %%A IN ('DEVCON FindAll USB*  ^| FIND ":"') DO DEVCON Remove "@%%A"

And then to re-scan for new hardware

DEVCON ReScan

Source

 

[JW The Computer Guy]

Thanks guys, but I managed to fix the problem by installing an updated version ontop of the old one. All is good now.