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This powershell script will let you remove drivers which are not active on the computer. This powershell script will not actually remove the drivers until you uncomment (remove the # character) from one of the last couple "Invoke-Expression" commands.
https://github.com/maxbakhub/winposh/blob/main/WindowsDesktopManagement/RemoveOldDuplicateDrivers.ps1 Copy to Clipboard
# Use this PowerShell script to find and remove old and unused device drivers from the Windows Driver Store
# Explanation: http://woshub.com/how-to-remove-unused-drivers-from-driver-store/
$dismOut = dism /online /get-drivers
$Lines = $dismOut | select -Skip 10
$Operation = "theName"
$Drivers = @()
foreach ( $Line in $Lines ) {
$tmp = $Line
$txt = $($tmp.Split( ':' ))[1]
switch ($Operation) {
'theName' { $Name = $txt
$Operation = 'theFileName'
break
}
'theFileName' { $FileName = $txt.Trim()
$Operation = 'theEntr'
break
}
'theEntr' { $Entr = $txt.Trim()
$Operation = 'theClassName'
break
}
'theClassName' { $ClassName = $txt.Trim()
$Operation = 'theVendor'
break
}
'theVendor' { $Vendor = $txt.Trim()
$Operation = 'theDate'
break
}
'theDate' { # we'll change the default date format for easy sorting
$tmp = $txt.split( '.' )
$txt = "$($tmp[2]).$($tmp[1]).$($tmp[0].Trim())"
$Date = $txt
$Operation = 'theVersion'
break
}
'theVersion' { $Version = $txt.Trim()
$Operation = 'theNull'
$params = [ordered]@{ 'FileName' = $FileName
'Vendor' = $Vendor
'Date' = $Date
'Name' = $Name
'ClassName' = $ClassName
'Version' = $Version
'Entr' = $Entr
}
$obj = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $params
$Drivers += $obj
break
}
'theNull' { $Operation = 'theName'
break
}
}
}
$last = ''
$NotUnique = @()
foreach ( $Dr in $($Drivers | sort Filename) ) {
if ($Dr.FileName -eq $last ) { $NotUnique += $Dr }
$last = $Dr.FileName
}
$NotUnique | sort FileName | ft
# search for duplicate drivers
$list = $NotUnique | select -ExpandProperty FileName -Unique
$ToDel = @()
foreach ( $Dr in $list ) {
Write-Host "duplicate driver found" -ForegroundColor Yellow
$sel = $Drivers | where { $_.FileName -eq $Dr } | sort date -Descending | select -Skip 1
$sel | ft
$ToDel += $sel
}
Write-Host "List of driver versions to remove" -ForegroundColor Red
$ToDel | ft
# Removing old driver versions
# Uncomment the Invoke-Expression to automatically remove old versions of device drivers
foreach ( $item in $ToDel ) {
$Name = $($item.Name).Trim()
Write-Host "deleting $Name" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Write-Host "Invoke-Expression -Command `"pnputil.exe -f -d $Name`"" -ForegroundColor Yellow
Invoke-Expression -Command "pnputil.exe -f -d $Name"
}
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