ATI driver-removal shareware

[dunkster]

The last time I swapped ATI vid card drivers I manually removed all traces of the old driver files and all references in the registry. It worked fine, but it is a pain in the ass!

I see shareware/freeware programs offered that claim to do this automatically.

Has anyone found a reliable program to clean the system of all previous-driver stuff left after add/remove?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Tab]

Oh my god, someone post one!

 

[BoomAM]

DriverCleaner.
I think its available from driver heaven.
Have a look at one of the stickyed posts at the top of the rage3d catalyst forum, for uninstallation/installation tips.

 

[Mem]

Driver Cleaner 1.5 download link .

 

[dunkster]

Actually, I already have the DriverCleaner zip file in my downloads folder. I just wondered if anyone had really tried it.

BoomAM: The procedure I used last time was from those stickied topics at Rage3D. Great stuff, but it is a PIA.

Thanks, guys!

 

[cockeyed]

I used Drive Cleaner today for the 1st time to remove Nvidia drivers and it worked real well. At start up, it gives you the choice between ATI/Nvidia driver removal. Since it worked so well for Nvidia, I imagine it would do as good job on ATI.

 

[T9D]

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[BoomAM]

Use the latest version, v1.5.
The older versions say that its found nothing when it has.

 

[cockeyed]

Strange how these things work or don't work. I was using ver 1.31 with WinXPsp1 and it found a bunch of files. I didn't know about ver 1.5 being the latest, I'am DLing it now. Thanks!

 

[Mem]

My Driver Cleaner download link does go to the 1.5 and not 1.4 like I`ve posted ,I`ll correct the error in my post .

 

[WA261]

Use RegCleaner.

 

[lung]

Why is it such a pain in the ass? It takes about 30 seconds to clean out the appropriate entries in the registry. Then another 2 seconds to delete the ATI folders that left behind on your C: drive. There is that extra reboot in there after doing the cleaning, but unless your comp is hooped, that shouldn't add more than 30 seconds to the whole procedure.

Personally, I prefer to to the cleaning myself. That way I know exactly what is being removed and I know that it is being removed correctly. I have heard from several people that DriverCleaner does not always work 100%. Doing it yourself does.