Guide to fully removing ATI/AMD drivers 1. Go to Add/Remove Programs 2. Uninstall the Catalyst Install manager (Express Uninstall) 3. Reboot the computer and log back into windows as normal 4. Go to folder options and select “show hidden files and folders” The next part of the guide will remove all ATi/AMD files and folders from the computer. 5. Go to your C drive and remove the “AMD” folder 6. Double click the “Program Data” folder (Normally hidden) and remove all ATi/AMD folders 7. Go back to C and double click “Program Files” and remove all ATi/AMD folders 8. Go back to C and double click “Program Files (x86)” and remove all ATi/AMD folders 9. Go back to C and double click “Users” 10. Access the name of your windows profile and double click “AppData” (Normally hidden) 11. Check the “Local”, “LocalLow” and “Roaming” folders for any ATi/AMD folders and remove them. 12. Go back to “Users” and check the “Default” folder (Normally hidden) 13. Double click “AppData” (Normally hidden) 14. Check the “Local” and “Roaming” folders for any ATi/AMD folders and remove them. The next part of the guide will remove registry entries left by the AMD drivers. 15. Close everything down and go back to your desktop 16. Click start, then type “regedit”. 17. Click “HKEY_CURRENT_USER” and extend the folder 18. Click “Software” and extend the folder 19. Remove all AMD and ATi Folders 20. Click “Wow6432Node” and extend the folder (Within the software folder) 21. Remove the “AMD” folder 22. Click “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE” and extend the folder 23. Click “SOFTWARE” and extend the folder 24. Remove all AMD and ATi Folders 25. Click “Wow6432Node” and extend the folder 26. Remove all AMD and ATi Folders 27. Click “HKEY_USERS” and extend the folder 28. Click “.DEFAULT” and extend the folder 29. Click “Software” and extend the folder 30. Remove all AMD and ATi folders 31. Click “S-1-5-18” and extend the folder 32. Click “Software” and extend the folder 33. Remove all AMD and ATi folders 34. Click “S-1-5-21-1632250243-966907716-928185508-1000” and extend the folder 35. Click “Software” and extend the folder 36. Remove all AMD and ATi Folders 37. Close down regedit and empty your recycle bin 38. Undo the folder options change to hide the hidden folders 39. Reboot 40. Install your AMD/Nvidia drivers and reboot (Remember, if you look in some of the folders mentioned in this guide but don’t have any AMD/ATi folders, just move to the next appropriate step. This means the uninstall option has removed such files for you. But as we know, the uninstaller still leaves a lot of things behind) Do at your own risk.
Nice post, guys can finally see how much work it is to clean out driver installs manually. This ought to be a thorough clean for sure. Cheers mate.
This way works for me: 1. Uninstall CCC, 2. Check that registry locations are empty: a. HKCU/Software/ATI/ACE b. HKLM/Software/ATI/ACE 3. Check that (Program Files folder )/ATI Technologies/ATI.ACE is empty 4. Check (Windows folder)/Assembly folder to see if there's any files with Public Key Token of "90ba9c70f846762e" (Sort by Public key token to get a easier view). All these tokens should be uninstalled by right clicking and uninstalling. 5. Check that (Document and Settings)/(User)/AppData/Local/ATI/ACE is empty 6. Reinstall CCC
Not sure if this tool delete AMD/ATI folders with keys in registry, last time i tried it did not delete.
Is this still applicable in 2015? I have to switch from an AMD mobo to Intel. I was going to create a test Windows 8.1 hard drive with a spare I had sitting around (just to test and make sure mobo, cpu, and RAM are properly working). But of course that method isnt working now (I think MS caught on about bypassing key). So now I either have to reinstall on my main drive just to test or uninstall all AMD drivers and keep my fingers crossed. I wish IBT could be run from a bootable ISO. Then I wouldnt care and wouldnt really have a dilemma. If I drive wipe and there is something wrong with hardware I then lose everything and have to reinstall the AMD drivers. I guess I can clone my drive with Acronis so the reinstall would be easy. I jsut wish there was an ISO OS that just had all the necessary tools. UBCD has a few cpu stress tests but Id rather be running IBT vs mprime, cpustress, stress, et al.
Ok. Thanks for the reply. I have DDU and I use it pretty frequently. But what about chipset drivers, NIC drivers, audio drivers, SATA drivers, etc. And what about the southbridge? I thought there were drivers controlling that as well. And for some reason I thought, and IIRC, all of the other drivers were still on my system after running DDU (and then doing manual reg cleanup later) Am I wrong about this? The last few times I ran DDU I didnt look for the additional drivers but I had in the past when I swapped one AMD mobo for another. basically I was going from 970 chipset to 990 and wanted to make it as smooth as possible. But at that time every other driver except graphic driver was on the system after DDU
If you're switching motherboards to a completely different chipset, you'll need to reinstall windows, not remove all drivers Anyway, this is the AMD drivers section, need to make a new thread in the hardware section if it's about switching mobos
Thanks. I know Im eventually going to have to reinstall the OS. But Im trying to just test the hardware first before wiping everything. If I wipe, reinstall, and something in the hardware doesnt work, I'll be starting over again from scratch on the old system. If I need more feedback in regards to processes for swapping I will start another thread. Im still trying to figure out if DDU actually removes all of the AMD drivers and not just the graphical drivers. Im hoping someone knows off the top of their head without having to spend any time testing it. I can do that myself later if no one knows.
DDU remove the Graphical driver and the other drivers and its software associated with it (like the Audio driver of the videocard, some system audio bus related to the GPU) CCC / Crimson is removed. It wont remove ALL AMD stuff (like motherboard chipset / Sata). DDU is for DISPLAYdriver uninstaller.
Hi this is the old ati method ,where is the nvidia old one ? the one without ddu with all the checks on reg and the folders (like this one ).
