Saving a Single Installed Driver for Future Use?  


  1. iron7
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    Saving a Single Installed Driver for Future Use?


    I'm curious how this could be accomplished. Also, if a driver is uninstalled through Device Manager, it would be permanently deleted from a system, correct?
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  3. SIW2
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    Export it.

    Dism++10.1.1000.100.zip
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  4. iron7
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    SIW2 said:
    Export it.

    Dism++10.1.1000.100.zip
    I'd really like to know how to accomplish this without using another program. I didn't think to specify that originally.
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  6. SIW2
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    win10 dism can export drivers ( but it exports all of them - not just one). Win7 dism does not have that function.

    I think there may a complicated method using devcon.exe ( but that also doesn't come with win7 ) , and it is much easier to use dism++
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  7. RolandJS
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    SIW2, would C:\windows\system32\drivers have drivers as long as they are not deleted, just simply disabled?
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  8. SIW2
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    In most cases they will be in windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository, but you need to know what you are looking for.
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  10. NoN
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    iron7 said:
    I'm curious how this could be accomplished. Also, if a driver is uninstalled through Device Manager, it would be permanently deleted from a system, correct?
    Not really too. They could stay in the system here: windows\system32\driverstore\filerepository and duplicated by newer install each time.


    For example, I always install repair my Ethernet realtek drivers (see pics) which not delete the previous driver and even with some drivers uninstalled they still persist in that folder.
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