Display Driver Uninstaller Thread

Update: 13.3.0.1

-Fixed the driver store cleanUP for AMD.

Anyone on 13.3.0.0 should update.

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Display Driver Uninstaller 13.3.0.2 (10-01-2014)

Changelog:

-Update: (13.3.0.2) Fix for a warning with CAT installation after DDU use.(ACP Application) Thanks for MojoW help on this.
-Update: (13.3.0.2) Addiditonal nVidia cleanup (logging)
-Update: (13.3.0.2) Updated Ukrainian Language (Thanks to Yurii Petrashko)

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Display Driver Uninstaller 13.4.0.0 (10-02-2014)

Changelog:
-Allowed the use of DDU with Windows 10.
-Fix an issue that prevented to find the name of some GPU.

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I have a small concern: currently I'm using NVIDIA driver, but previously I was using AMD. Recently, Windows update suddenly downloaded a graphics adapter driver for my AMD card, even though I'm not using it. So I'm kinda worried that there are still some leftover AMD registries and files somewhere.

Is it safe for me to run DDU and select to remove AMD driver files, while still having the NVIDIA driver installed? Or do I have to uninstall the NVIDIA driver, then proceed to clean up whatever AMD driver files there might be left?

 

You can clean the amd driver without any problems. Every options in DDU should be safe.

 

Thank you Wagnard, heading for win 10 version of your soft'

 

That sounds serious. Was there any bug in 13.3.0.0?

 

Nothing destructive. Its just that after cleaning up and rebooting, the AMD driver would get reinstalled because it wasn't removed from the driver store.

 

Display Driver Uninstaller 13.4.1.0 (10-09-2014)

Changelog:
-Additional nVidia assembly cleanUP.
-Addition registry cleanUP for nVidia. (344.xx)
-The log is created earlier at launch to be able to catch DDU error on load.

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After using your program in safe mode, which ran without errors, i did a search for "Nvidia" in regedit.
Some of the keys, (there were still more), that showed up were:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\MuiCache\214\52C64B7E
@C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client\nvcpluir.dll,-2210
@C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client\nvcpluir.dll,-2211

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\MuiCache\214\52C64B7E
@C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client\nvcpluir.dll,-2210
@C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client\nvcpluir.dll,-2211

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\PnpLockdownFiles
%SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\detoured.dll
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\detoured.dll
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\license.txt
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\MCU.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\PnpLockdownFiles
%SystemDrive%\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\detoured.dll
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\coprocmanager\detoured.dll
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\license.txt
%SystemDrive%\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVSMI\MCU.exe

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winsat
PrimaryAdapterString

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\eventlog\Application\NVIDIA OpenGL Driver

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\services\nv_agp


Is there a reason why these keys are not removed?

 

Well, yes !
DDU is still not 100% complete, there is changes with almost every drivers release.
Also , for example, the nv_agp one you post on last line must not be removed. its a integrated driver of windows.
Ill check for the other keys you mentioned.

 

Display Driver Uninstaller 13.4.2.0 (10-21-2014)

Changelog:
-MuiCache CleanUP for nVidia.
-Some fixes on thepnplockdown cleanup. (thanks for PimpleMaze)

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Just wanted to say you're doing a great job and thanks for all of the regular updates and bug fixes.

 

Update 13.4.2.1
-Fixed a problem with the O.S detection and other minor fixes.

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thanks.c1:

 

-(update 13.4.2.2) - Fixed a problem with some AMD card detection with some drivers.


Nothing really related to nvidia here...

 

Display Driver Uninstaller 13.5.0.0 (10-30-2014)

Changelog:
-Cleaned up the interface by placing the options tick-box in they own options window.
-Fixes possible DDU deadlock (Hang)
-Removed 1 remaining hardcoded paths ("c:\"). Fixes some issue when "c:" is not the system drive.
-Clean some AMD orphan regkeys.
-Changed the code responsible for the auto-selection of the GPU.
-Present and non-present monitor removal is now optional.
-Minor AMD additional file cleanUP

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Thanks for your hard work!

 

Display Driver Uninstaller 13.5.1.0 (10-31-2014)

Changelog:
-Now supporting nVidia Quadro removal. (tested and updated for it) Thanks to a cool guy at nV.
-Removal of nView and NVWMI.
-System restore is now done when we start the cleanup instead of when starting DDU (Thanks to "The Mac" for the suggestion.)
-No more paypal.bat file
-No more command prompt quick show up when restarting/shutdown the system with DDU.

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Thanks Wagnard as always, when there is a new update of the NVIDIA drivers available I'll test these versions out!

KEEP IT UP :formal:

 

Hello. I am preparing to install my GTX 980 tomorrow and have two questions:

In the Options menu, it says "Remove AMD/NVIDIA folders (NOT recommended)". Why is this not recommended? I have always removed those folders when installing new drivers and haven't noticed any problems.

Also in the Options menu, there is "Remove monitor etc." option, which is recommended. What is the purpose of this? Why is it recommended?

Thank you again for your program. Expect a donation soon!