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Driver developers please HELP

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skinah

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Oct 3, 2001
17
AU
Could someone please help me with either the commands I need or even better some source code that allows me to uninstall a device driver from the device manager in windows ??

All I wwant to be able to do for now is just remove one device the same as clicking on remove in device manager.

Thanks for any help :)
 
see the registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOWTVARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppPaths\Uninstall

Allthe enumeratedthere kays are programs withtheirs paths to theirs uninstall programs. See eachprograms hould have a variable "UninstallString". Its value you see in the AddRemove sowtvare when you're uninstalling a program. Just call theese paths. Ion Filipski
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filipski@excite.com
 
Thanks for the reply, I'm sure that tip will help me out very soon as I'll need to uninstall software but what I really wanted to know was how to uninstall HARDWARE from the device manager. For example I wish to remove my sound blaster card from the sound video and game controllers section. That way I can modify the files the SB card runs off. I need to delete and modify hardware's driver files and I cant do that while they are running.

If anyone knows how I'd really be greatfull.
 
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