How do I know the reason for the failure of uninstalling my windows driver?

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How do I know the reason for the failure of uninstalling my windows driver?

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Run the command below to install my windows driver:

rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 C:\mydriver.inf

Run the command below and I can see my windows driver, which means that the installation was successful:

driverquery

I tried to run the command below to uninstall my windows driver. However, when I run driverquery, it still shows my windows driver. How do I know why the uninstallation failed?

rundll32.exe setupapi.dll,InstallHinfSection DefaultUninstall 132 C:\mydriver.inf

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Anonymous

Hi Mingde,

Generally speaking, the device installation text log (SetupAPI.dev.log) and the application installation text log (SetupAPI.app.log) will record some information for installation/uninstallation errors. You can locate to %SystemRoot%\inf to see is there is any errors for the driver.

More reference:

SetupAPI Device Installation Log Entries - Windows drivers | Microsoft Learn

SetupAPI Logging - Windows drivers | Microsoft Learn

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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MD 0 Reputation points

2024-01-15T07:51:50.44+00:00

Hi Ian Xue, Thanks a lot for the reply. I can find SetupAPI.dev.log in C:\Windows\INF, but i cannot find any information for installation/uninstallation of my windows driver in the file. I cannot find SetupAPI.app.log in C:\Windows\INF.

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