Driver Store Explorer - makes it easier to deal with the Windows Driver Store

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  1. guest

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    DriverStoreExplorer_Screenshot.png
    Driver Store Explorer provides an easy way to add/delete/enumerate drivers from the Windows Driver Store.
    It is detecting drivers which have a corresponding Oem*.inf file in the windows\inf folder.
    Administrator rights are needed else it is running in "non-admin mode" (some of the features are disabled):
    DriverStoreExplorer_non-admin.png
    Review:
    Current version: Driver Store Explorer v0.8.4.2 (September 20, 2017)
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    Changelog:
     
    guest, Sep 21, 2017
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  2. guest

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    DriverStore Explorer: manage the Windows Driver Store
    January 31, 2018
    https://www.ghacks.net/2018/01/31/driverstore-explorer-manage-the-windows-driverstore/
     
    guest, Jan 31, 2018
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  3. stapp

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    stapp, Feb 1, 2018
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  4. guest

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    Yep, and you can gain a lot of disk space especially for deleting of old NVIDIA drivers (on Win10 >500MB for each old driver)
     
    guest, Feb 1, 2018
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  5. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.9.4 Released (February 13, 2018)
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    guest, Feb 14, 2018
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  6. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.9.5 Released (February 15, 2018)
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    guest, Feb 15, 2018
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  7. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.9.6 Released (April 12, 2018)
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    guest, Apr 12, 2018
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  8. puff-m-d

    puff-m-d Registered Member

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    Hello,

    I also gave this software a try and find it very useful. It found 22 old driver packages that restored 882 MB of disk space when removed. It seems safe to use as it will not delete an active driver package unless you "force" it. I removed the 22 old driver packages (after doing a system backup to be safe) that the software found. After approximately 48 hours and several reboots, I have not noticed any side effects. It seems that this software may be a keeper.
     
    puff-m-d, Apr 14, 2018
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  9. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.9.10 Released (April 17, 2018)
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    guest, Apr 17, 2018
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  10. guest

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    Minor update:
    Driver Store Explorer v0.9.21 Released (November 17, 2018)
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    guest, Nov 17, 2018
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  11. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.9.35 Released (November 27, 2018)
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    Last edited by a moderator: Nov 28, 2018
    guest, Nov 26, 2018
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  12. EASTER

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    Hmm. Interesting program. Thanks
     
    EASTER, Nov 26, 2018
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  13. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    A new version of Driver Store Explorer has been released, 0.9.39.0.
    GitHub Repository
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    puff-m-d, Dec 26, 2018
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  14. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.10.9 Pre-Release (February 21, 2019)
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    Last edited by a moderator: Feb 20, 2019
    guest, Feb 12, 2019
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  15. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.10.10 (February 28, 2019)
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    guest, Feb 28, 2019
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  16. Floyd 57

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    Btw, you can do everything this program does using pnputil, just saying :D (It's what the program uses) It's just a GUI for that
     
    Floyd 57, Feb 28, 2019
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  17. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    A new version of Driver Store Explorer has been released, 0.10.12.0.
    GitHub Repository
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    puff-m-d, Mar 6, 2019
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  18. Floyd 57

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    I gotta check this new functionality out, maybe it's something that pnputil can't do (heh, get it?)
     
    Floyd 57, Mar 6, 2019
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  19. puff-m-d

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    Hello,

    A new version of Driver Store Explorer has been released, 0.10.13.0.
    GitHub Repository
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    puff-m-d, Mar 7, 2019
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  20. Floyd 57

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    Whato_O The changelog is the same as the one in 0.10.12.0
     
    Floyd 57, Mar 7, 2019
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  21. puff-m-d

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    puff-m-d, Mar 11, 2019
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  22. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.10.21 Pre-Release (April 24, 2019)
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    guest, Apr 24, 2019
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  23. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.10.28 Released (June 7, 2019)
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    guest, Jun 7, 2019
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  24. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.10.35 Released (June 11, 2019)
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    guest, Jun 11, 2019
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  25. guest

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    Driver Store Explorer v0.10.39 Released (June 13, 2019)
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    guest, Jun 13, 2019
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