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Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) Changelog

What's new in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.7.6

Apr 21, 2024
  • Intel : Support the removal of the "Intel(R) Arc Software & Drivers" uninstaller under add/remove program.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.7.4 (Mar 22, 2024)

  • Nvidia: "Nvidia APP" and "Nvidia Broadcast" MUICache and "Nvidia APP" AppCompatFlags removal.
  • Nvidia: Removed an "NVIDIA App" entry from Task Scheduler.
  • AMD: Remove "amdsdws" from the driver store when unused.
  • Translation update: Hungarian.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.7.3 (Feb 24, 2024)

  • NVIDIA: Supports the removal of the NVIDIA App.0
  • AMD: Only remove the 'AMDKMPFD' lower filter/service and files when selecting the option to restart or shutdown.
  • Translation update: German.xml.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.7.1 (Jan 12, 2024)

  • Intel:
  • Removed specific files related to "oneAPI".
  • Cleaned up driver store by removing unused drivers, specifically Intel_NF_I2C
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Conducted general code cleanup and enhancements for improved stability and efficiency.
  • Translations:
  • Updated language files: Turkish.xml, Polish.xml, Czech.xml. Special thanks to our community translators for their contributions.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.7.0 (Dec 12, 2023)

  • Intel:
  • Removed specific files related to "oneAPI".
  • Cleaned up driver store by removing unused drivers, specifically Intel_NF_I2C
  • Miscellaneous:
  • Conducted general code cleanup and enhancements for improved stability and efficiency.
  • Translations:
  • Updated language files: Turkish.xml, Polish.xml, Czech.xml. Special thanks to our community translators for their contributions.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.6.9 (Oct 31, 2023)

  • Nvidia: Enhanced cleanup for several new DXCache locations.
  • Intel: Improved folder cleanup (cache).
  • Localization: Updated translations for Polish and Czech.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.6.8 (Sep 19, 2023)

  • Enhanced the registry cleanup process for better performance.
  • Conducted code cleanup to optimize the registry-related operations.
  • Specifically addressed the removal of 'nvrtxaudcapxxv' files, improving the overall cleanup process.
  • Nvidia: Added the removal of the "OptixCache" folder.
  • Monitors: Now automatically remove monitor configurations upon removal.
  • All: "UnitedVideo" cleanup enhancements in the registry.
  • Translation update: German.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.6.7 (Aug 28, 2023)

  • Intel: Enhanced DriverStore cleanup.
  • AMD: Enhanced removal related to AMD OpenCL, AMD-Window component and AMD Noise Suppression.
  • All: Reduced the risk of null exception.
  • Translation update: Italian.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.6.6 (Aug 17, 2023)

  • Nvidia: Added the removal of lxss (WSL) related files.
  • Nvidia: Added the removal of removal of the "streamline" folder.
  • Intel: Changed the order of service removal / process kill. This change helps with Arc Control removal in normal mode.
  • All: Files removal enhancements.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.6.5 (Aug 5, 2023)

  • Intel: Added the service removal of : Intel_NF_I2C
  • AMD: changed process kill order.
  • Translation update: German.xml , Latvian.xml, Spanish.xml, Korean.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.6.4 (May 14, 2023)

  • AMD: Remove the AMDKMPFD driver from the driver store when applicable.
  • DDU: Added new command line arguments: -removemonitors, -removenvidiadirs, -removeamddirs, -remove3dtvplay, -removecrimsoncache, -cleanallgpus
  • Language: Swedish.xml
  • Note: The -cleanallgpus command efficiently cleans all GPUs from all vendors by utilizing maximum cleaning options.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.6.1 (Mar 1, 2023)

  • New DDU installer.
  • Intel : Registry Power Settings CleanUP.
  • The moment that some DDU messages box appear make more sense now. Thanks to a user feedback.
  • There is a new button on the safe mode dialog window that allow to set Windows update search for drivers to default. Thanks to a user feedback.
  • Updated LICENSE
  • Translation : Swedish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.6.0 (Jan 22, 2023)

  • New DDU installer.
  • Intel : Registry Power Settings CleanUP.
  • The moment that some DDU messages box appear make more sense now. Thanks to a user feedback.
  • There is a new button on the safe mode dialog window that allow to set Windows update search for drivers to default. Thanks to a user feedback.
  • Updated LICENSE
  • Translation : Swedish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.9 (Dec 12, 2022)

  • Intel: Additional removal for "CTA" and "Intel(R) Niagara Falls I2C" drivers.
  • Intel: Additional removal of registry region "CLSID", "Pnplockdownfiles".
  • Driver Store: Additional removal for "CTA" and "Extension" drivers for intel.
  • All: HKCR, "InstallerDependencies" and "package cache" folders cleanup.
  • All: Warn the user if they are not at least on .NET Framework 4.8 and close DDU.
  • Translations : Hungarian.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.8 (Nov 13, 2022)

  • Intel: Fixed specific Arc ARP gray out entry for already affected system.(driver 3490 & 3790 only)
  • Nvidia: additional audio driver files removal.
  • Nvidia: Additional driverfiles.cfg entries.
  • AMD: Try to remove AMDKMPFD only when removing AMD GPUs drivers.
  • Translation update: Dutch.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.7 (Nov 1, 2022)

  • Intel: Fixed ARP (Add/Remove Programs) for Intel ARC, entry could be gray out.
  • Intel: leftover removal with recent driver.
  • Nvidia: Additional registry removal within (pnplockdownfiles)
  • Translation update: Turkish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.6 (Oct 22, 2022)

  • ChangeLog:
  • Intel: Additional registry key removal for "Intel Arc Control".
  • Intel: Additional file removal in the windows prefetch folder.
  • Translation: Russian.xml update.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.5 (Sep 19, 2022)

  • AMD : additional files and registry cleanup (pnplockdownfiles region).
  • Nvidia: additional files and registry cleanup (pnplockdownfiles region).

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.4 (Aug 4, 2022)

  • All: Fixed "InstallerUpgradeCodes" section that was not cleaning up.
  • Intel: Removal of the IGN folder.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.3 (Jul 29, 2022)

  • All: Fixed the registry installer section was not cleaned completely.
  • AMD: Added removal of "AdvancedMicroDevicesInc-2.AMDLink".
  • AMD: Added removal of "AMDNoiseSuppression".
  • Intel: additional removal of vp8/vp9 decoders.
  • Translation: French.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.2 (Jul 10, 2022)

  • All: First time launch message can now be translated.
  • All: CLSID registry section fix/enhancement.
  • All: Cleanup of the VFW capture Class Manager in the registry.
  • Intel: Additional registry and folder cleanup.
  • Intel: Removal of the Intel Arc Control right click context menu.
  • Intel: additional Intel Ark Control removal.
  • Intel: additional removal.
  • AMD: Removal of AdvancedMicroDevicesInc-RSXCM (possibly fix a boot pop-up message)
  • AMD: Additional folders removals (DX cache related).
  • Nvidia: Folders and registry additional removal. (Nvidia RTX voice)
  • Translation : Swedish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.1 (May 16, 2022)

  • All: Fixes / Enhancements to the driver store cleaner.
  • AMD: AMD Crash Defender and AMD Link Controller Emulation cleanup enhancements
  • AMD: Fixed a bug with the AMD Chipset Software installer.
  • Translation update: French.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.5.0 (May 2, 2022)

  • Intel: Added several cleanup additions / enhancement.
  • All: Fixed an issue with the "components" registry clean-up.
  • All: Added additional command lines arguments.
  • RemoveAMDKMPFD
  • RemoveAudioBus
  • RemoveVulkan
  • Translations: updated Swedish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.4.9 (Feb 20, 2022)

  • Intel: Additional folder cleanup
  • NVIDIA: Fixed small issues when NOT removing Geforce Experience.
  • NVIDIA: NVIDIA Broadcast removal is now optional (enabled by default)
  • NVIDIA: New command line argument (-RemoveNVBROADCAST)
  • NVIDIA: registry cleanup enhancement.
  • All: Fixed a bug in the cleanup.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.4.7 (Jan 17, 2022)

  • ALL: Target .Net Framework 4.8
  • ALL: Dropped support for Windows Vista.
  • AMD: AMDKMPFD removal enhancements
  • AMD: Files / registry removal enhancements.
  • NVIDIA: Additional files removal.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.4.5 (Oct 29, 2021)

  • NVIDIA: added a NvUI.dll AppID removal specific to driver 496.13
  • NVIDIA: Removal of "NVIDIA Broadcast."

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.4.4 (Oct 5, 2021)

  • All: Windows 11 officially supported.
  • All: Registry cleanup speed up, using Tasks and Parallel ForEach.
  • All: Clean cached information for Microsoft's Direct3D API for all users.
  • AMD: Removal of the services "AMDWDDMG"
  • AMD: Cleanup within an AMD folder within the system32 directory.
  • AMD: Fixes to AMDKMPFD removal.
  • AMD: re-activated AMDKMPFD removal
  • AMD: Added Removal of amdfendrmgr service.
  • Translation: Swedish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.4.3 (Aug 19, 2021)

  • AMD: Additional TaskScheduler removal
  • AMD: Additional registry value removed under softwareAMD (localmachine and USERS)
  • Nvidia: Added FvSvc removal

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.4.2 (Jul 11, 2021)

  • Nvidia: Additional files and registry removal for latest GeForce Experience.
  • Translation: Swedish.xml , Persian.XML

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.4.1 (Jun 22, 2021)

  • AMD: AMD streaming Audio removal.
  • AMD: AMD Link removal.
  • All: More logs for when the impersonation fail on some process.
  • All: Misc fixes and enhancements to the Interfaces removal.
  • All: Fixed a DDU crash on system with bad registry permission on some specific registry keys.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.4.0 (Jun 15, 2021)

  • ChangeLog:
  • AMD: AMD streaming Audio removal.
  • AMD: AMD Link removal.
  • All: More logs for when the impersonation fail on some process.
  • All: Misc fixes and enhancements to the Interfaces removal.
  • All: Fixed a DDU crash on system with bad registry permission on some specific registry keys.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.3.9 (Apr 21, 2021)

  • AMD: AMD streaming Audio removal.
  • AMD: AMD Link removal.
  • All: More logs for when the impersonation fail on some process.
  • All: Misc fixes and enhancements to the Interfaces removal.
  • All: Fixed a DDU crash on system with bad registry permission on some specific registry keys.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.3.8 (Mar 29, 2021)

  • AMD: Deactivated the removal of the AMDKMPFD.
  • AMD: AMD audio bus removal fixes / enhancements.
  • Nvidia: Removal of the NVPCF service.
  • All: Misc fixes and enhancements to the Interfaces removal.
  • Language: Chinese (Simplified).xml update.
  • ys removal.
  • Language: Swedish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.3.7 (Feb 28, 2021)

  • All: DDU can now be used from a network path "\serverDDU"
  • All: added more logs to the impersonation of SYSTEM
  • All: additional log for Upper/ Lower filters
  • ALL: Registry cleanup enhancement for typelib/Interfaces removal
  • Nvidia: Small enhancement for the Upper filters removal of (nvpciflt, nvkflt)
  • Intel: Registry leftover removal related to iGCC (Intel graphic command center)
  • Intel: Additional MFT registry keys removal
  • Language: Swedish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.3.6 (Feb 28, 2021)

  • All: Fixed a rare case of null exception
  • NVIDIA: Removal of "nvdisplay.messagebus" and "wksserviceplugin"
  • Language: Slovenian updated

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.3.5 (Dec 10, 2020)

  • AMD: removal of the start menu item: AMD Bug Report Tool
  • Intel: Additional removal to Graphic Command Center (GCC) and ShaderCache
  • Languages : Turkish.xml updates

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.3.3 (Sep 24, 2020)

  • All: Fixed an issue that could prevent the removal of a DCH Control Panel from MS store when using a Windows 10 version older than 1809

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.3.0 (Sep 12, 2020)

  • All: Fixed a DDU crash when used on older version of Windows 10 (1803 and earlier)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.9 (Sep 8, 2020)

  • DCH Drivers: Deprovision Package For All Users before removing the Appx.
  • AMD-DCH: Support for the removal of the AMD Radeon Software installed from the MS store.
  • AMD-DCH: new command line argument : -RemoveAMDCP
  • NVIDIA: do not remove opencl.dll
  • INTEL: More Registry leftover removal.
  • All: Check if Warn the user if .NET 4.5 or higher is not installed.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.8 (Jul 26, 2020)

  • NVIDIA: Remove GFE(3.20.4.14) new service/device (NvModuleTracker)
  • NVIDIA: Fixed an issue that could prevent removal of some folders
  • Translation update: Slovenian.xml, Turkish.xml (Thanks to the contributors)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.7 (Jul 17, 2020)

  • AMD: Added support for Adrenalin 20.7.1 (Thanks to Watcher & LocoDiceGR)
  • Vulkan: Remove a registry key that is sometime added by some NVIDIA driver and could cause some issues when switching to AMD. (Thanks to ray)
  • Realtek: Added ASIO files/registry keys removal.
  • INTEL (DCH): Made the removal of the Intel Control Panel(s) from Microsoft Store optional.
  • New command line argument: -RemoveINTELCP

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.6 (Jun 27, 2020)

  • Intel: Additional service removal : igccservice
  • Intel: Removal of the DCH control panel : IntelGraphicsExperience
  • Vulkan: removal enhancements. (thanks mirh)
  • NVIDIA: Fixed an issue preventing PhysX to be removed without DDU when DDU was first used without removing PhysX.
  • Realtek: Small Realtek copy/paste removal fix.
  • General: Fixes to the Audio Controller removal.
  • General: Make use of ServiceProcess.ServiceInstaller instead of P/Invoke for service removal.
  • General: Changed some default options
  • General: Do not use "searchfilterhost" for the "SYSTEM" impersonation.
  • Translation update: Ukrainian.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.5 (May 18, 2020)

  • AMD: Do not remove "amdacpksl.sys" to prevent audio issues on some system.(Thanks: mirh)
  • Translations updates : Macedonian (Latin).xml, Swedish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.4 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • Changed the driverstore clean order to prevent a warning message.
  • Set target framework to 4.5 to workaround a weird issue with "Marshal.sizeOF" would require v4.5.1 if target is higher.
  • NVIDIA: Made the removal of the NVCP (DCH only) optional.
  • New command line argument: -RemoveNVCP

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.3 (Apr 28, 2020)

  • AMD: Additional removal of new values in the "PnpLockdownFiles" Registry region.
  • AMD: Removal of the "AMD User Experience Program Installer"
  • NVIDIA: Added INFs to the driverfiles.cfg to help remove leftover of the "PnpLockdownFiles" Registry region.
  • Added the -norestorepoint command line option
  • Language: Spanish (Spain).xml , Chinese (simplified).xml,Portuguese.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.2 (Jan 29, 2020)

  • Rewrite the service removal order and functions.
  • Added a new "hardware ID" for Nvidia USB-C removal.
  • Fixed a typo on one of the existing ID for Nvidia USB-C.
  • Nvidia USB Type-C additional registry removal.
  • Set the removal of AMDKMPFD to false by default.
  • Additional AMD services removal. (AODDriver)
  • Russian.xml update

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.1 (Dec 15, 2019)

  • Added support for AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition 19.12.2.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.2.0 (Nov 19, 2019)

  • Use BCDEDIT to make the system boot back into normal mode ONLY if BCDEDIT was used by DDU to enter safe mode.
  • (Nvidia) removal of "89cc76a4-f226-4d4b-a040-6e9a1da9b882" under "PowerSettings" in registry.
  • Additional Nvidia cleanup.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.1.9 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Changed minimum .NET Framework minimum requirement to 4.6
  • Removal of additional Vulkan and D3D cache leftover for AMD
  • SharedDlls removal enhancements.
  • Reworked SystemRestore code.
  • misc fixes / enhancements

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.1.8 (Sep 3, 2019)

  • Additional Nvidia leftovers removals from recent drivers.
  • Removed Chinese - Taiwan.xml
  • Known issues:
  • For a guide , check : Guide
  • SHA1: 12D245F15267B208CC4C87893175E94BA7B9775D
  • Recommended usage:
  • DDU should be used when having a problem uninstalling / installing a driver or when switching GPU brand.
  • DDU should not be used every time you install a new driver unless you know what you are doing.
  • The tool can be used in Normal mode but for absolute stability when using DDU, Safemode is always the best.
  • Make a backup or a system restore (but it should normally be pretty safe).
  • It is best to exclude the DDU folder completely from any security software to avoid issues.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.1.7 (Aug 12, 2019)

  • Fixed the cleaning of the "OpenGLShExt" and "NvAppShExt" happening when it's not expected

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.1.5 (Jun 9, 2019)

  • Many additional AMD leftover removal.
  • Additional Nvidia leftover removal.
  • Added launch argument -preventwinupdate
  • Fixed log was not always created.
  • Changes to when we use the system impersonation to avoid issues.
  • Read files configurations before impersonation.
  • More precision on file removal to avoid potentially unwanted file removal.
  • Removed unnecessary warning debug message

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.1.4 (May 24, 2019)

  • Updated the partner link
  • Small fixes / enhancement.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.1.2 (May 9, 2019)

  • Additional NVIDIA RTX cleanup. (NGX)
  • Additional NVIDIA Ansel removal as per user reports..
  • Language update Turkish.xml (Murat5038)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.1.1 (Apr 8, 2019)

  • Additional Nvidia DCH cleanup "Add software type 1 EXE." (Thanks to NVIDIA for reporting)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.1.0 (Apr 3, 2019)

  • Changed the roaming folder location to a more standard one.
  • If no saved option is found, take the user to the options menu.(new user)
  • Added command-line argument : -RemovePhysx, -RemoveGFE
  • Do not remove physx by default
  • Translations updates

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.9 (Feb 15, 2019)

  • Fixed an issue with Geforce Experience when the DDU option "Remove GFE" is unticked.
  • Made significant speed improvement on the registry clean-up part.
  • Fixed the impersonation of the system account for some users.(hopefully)
  • Additional AMD and Nvidia leftover removal.
  • Release SYSTEM token after cleaning thread is complete to avoid weird issues with SetupAPI.
  • Changed manifest from asInvoker --> requireAdministrator

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.8 (Feb 1, 2019)

  • Fixed CM_Get_Device_ID in Unicode.
  • SetupAPI : SetupUninstallOEMInf (use unicode)
  • Fixes and enhancement to the driver removal logic.
  • Remove audioBus is now default to false (because it *could* cause some problem on some specific system)
  • AMD additional services and tasks removal.
  • Added Software component removal to realtek audio.
  • Chinese (Traditional).xml language update.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.7 (Jan 17, 2019)

  • Fixes and enhancements on devices find / removal.
  • Possibly fixed the removal of the "AMD audio bus" that was causing issues to AMD GPU owner who also have AMD chipset + CPU.
  • (DCH related)Removal of the "SoftwareComponents" of the GPU being removed.
  • Translations updates

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.6 (Dec 21, 2018)

  • Support the removal of the USB type C of the Nvidia RTX card.
  • NVIDIA NGX removal.
  • Additional AMD leftover removal
  • Fixed an issue with SharedDlls removal.
  • Changed the logics on how the devices are removed.
  • Bug fixes and addition to Realtek.
  • Updated Turkish.xml
  • Report in the log the FriendlyName if available when removing devices, if not, use the device description.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.5 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • New requirement starting from this version ".NET Framework 4.5 now required."
  • Reason: Recently with Windows 10, we now see DCH drivers and theses drivers come with their control panel from the Microsoft store App.
  • To be removed, some library that were only available for 4.5 is now forcing us to update too.
  • The downside is the end of support of Windows XP.
  • Nvidia,Intel,Realtek DCH driver removal is now supported.
  • Additional Realtek audio cleanup.
  • Removal of new subkey found in HKLM/Software/nvidia corporation/installer2/ (Drivers)
  • Removed "CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode" and "MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)" from "Function CM_Get_Device_ID" that were giving unexpected results for retrieving the DeviceID with .NET 4.5
  • (DCH)Removal of the Extension device class and their components

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.4 (Nov 27, 2018)

  • Fixed an issue affecting the CUDA SDK removal after using DDU. Thanks to ("Forceflow")
  • Left-over removal "NvDLISR" for Geforce Experience 3.16.0.122

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.3 (Nov 5, 2018)

  • Removed paexec.exe , use impersonation instead. Should help AV False/positive.
  • Fixes and enhancement to Vulkan removal. (Thanks Sora)
  • Support Intel Vulkan removal.
  • Translation updates

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.2 (Oct 6, 2018)

  • Changes:
  • Additional NVIDIA cleanup.
  • Translation updates.
  • Known issues:
  • DDU may be flagged by your AV as a PUA/PUP (potentially unwanted application / potentially unwanted program)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.1 (Sep 21, 2018)

  • Changes:
  • Additional NVIDIA cleanup
  • Fixed the System environment path cleanup
  • Translation update Slovenian.xml Turkish.xml
  • Selected type combo box is now translatable
  • Added many missing verification for "Nothing" when using the registry.
  • Known issues:
  • DDU may be flagged by your AV as a PUA/PUP (potentially unwanted application / potentially unwanted program)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 18.0.0.0 (Sep 9, 2018)

  • Added support of Realtek audio driver removal. (WIP)
  • Added very limited removal of SoundBlaster audio driver.(no files or registry yet)
  • Added command line argument: -cleanrealtek -cleansoundblaster
  • Fixed a possible startup issue when character like ## are in the folder name.
  • Fixed many possible null exceptions I have encountered during some code cleanup.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.9.1 (Jul 24, 2018)

  • Fixed SharedDlls removal.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.9.0 (Jul 7, 2018)

  • Re-added the functionality to disable driver search on windows update as an option in the option menu.
  • Added version number to the "About" window.
  • Small bug fixes.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.9 (Jul 6, 2018)

  • Re-added the functionality to disable driver search on windows update as an option in the option menu.
  • Added version number to the "About" window.
  • Small bug fixes.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.8 (Jul 4, 2018)

  • Re-added the functionality to disable driver search on windows update as an option his time.
  • Added version number to the "About" window.
  • Small bug fixes.
  • Known issues:
  • DDU may be flagged by your AV as a PUA/PUP (potentially unwanted application / potentially unwanted program)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.7 (Jun 28, 2018)

  • Threaded some files removal and registry cleanup for speed increase
  • Intel additional cleanup
  • Additional Nvidia cleanup
  • DDU doesn't use (not dependent to) c:windowssystem32sc.exe anymore
  • Windows update is set back to it's default now, so it is mandatory when using DDU to disconnect the internet
  • Better paths detection
  • The log is now generating even if DDU doesn't start correctly and contains more details
  • Bug fixes
  • Updated Readme and Issues and solutions files

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.6 (May 3, 2018)

  • Windows 10 1803 support
  • Added support for upperfilter with SetupAPI for the removal of the optimus device/service
  • Many code fixes / enhancement / additional CleanUP
  • CZ translation update
  • Turkish translation update
  • New THAI.xml translation update

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.5 (Apr 10, 2018)

  • Additional AMD cleanUP by adding a workaround for a "font" file preventing complete removal.
  • Small GUI update to fix overlapping text for some language.
  • Russian.xml translation update.
  • Polish.xml translation update.
  • French.xml translation update.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.4 (Mar 5, 2018)

  • Added additional Intel cleanup from users feedbacks
  • Bug fixes.
  • Polish translation update.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.3 (Feb 2, 2018)

  • Added a safety measure that prevent DDU doing the registry cleaning and files/folders removal if a problem with the Windows SETUPAPI is detected
  • Additional NVIDIA cleanup
  • Small fixes
  • Many translations updates from contibutors

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.2 (Dec 31, 2017)

  • Added Patreon link and menu item for project contribution.
  • AMD: "C:Users"YOUR USER NAME"AppDataLocalRadeonInstaller" removal.
  • Fix for the path of the roaming configuration file.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.8.0 (Dec 4, 2017)

  • Additional AMD and NVIDIA CleanUp.
  • Translation update: Korean.xml
  • Small log fix.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.9 (Nov 11, 2017)

  • Made modifications to allow "Paexec" service to be removed correctly.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.8 (Nov 1, 2017)

  • Registry cleanup Enhancements
  • Additional AMD/NVIDIA/intel cleanup

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.7 (Oct 25, 2017)

  • Fixed Task Scheduler cleanup in safe mode. (Fall creator update)
  • Additional NVIDIA cleanup
  • Small fixes / enhancement

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.6 (Oct 15, 2017)

  • Fixed DDU not always detecting 64bit system resulting in a crash when cleaning
  • Fixed a bug with the DDU roaming config file
  • Fixed an issue when there is no Prefetch folder

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.5 (Sep 22, 2017)

  • Additional NVIDIA Cleanup based on users logs
  • Fixed "checkupdate" not showing when "enablesafemodedialog" is "True"
  • Fixed the "-silent" argument not silencing the safe mode message
  • Translation updates
  • Fixed some English typos. (Thanks to Fanis G. Markakis)
  • Greek.xml
  • Polish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.4 (Sep 12, 2017)

  • Additional AMD and NVIDIA CleanUP
  • Translation updates: Japanese.xml, Ukrainian.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.3 (Aug 30, 2017)

  • From now (by default) you have to go directly to Safe Mode manually and launch DDU there.
  • This is to prevent problem for users that have a broken Safe Mode and stuck in a loop because of the BCD changes.)
  • Note: The old behavior of being ask to go to Safe Mode automatically can be enabled in the Options.
  • Translation updates : Chinese (Simplified).xml Russian.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.2 (Jul 27, 2017)

  • Fixed Vulkan folders not removed for AMD
  • Small fixes
  • Translation update Polish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.1 (Jul 26, 2017)

  • Additional Nvidia cleanUP based on recent NV driver and Geforce experience

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.7.0 (Jul 21, 2017)

  • Fixed: DDU not launching for users with broken "Windows PATH".

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.9 (Jul 5, 2017)

  • Added a timeout for starting/stopping services preventing DDU to stay stuck.
  • Fixed an issue identifying GPU details on start.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.8 (Jul 3, 2017)

  • Fixed a DDU hang when failing to start a user disabled service. (ex: Task Scheduler 'Schedule').

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.7 (Jun 19, 2017)

  • Proper FileIO fix
  • Additional NVIDIA CleanUP
  • Translations updates: Italian, Polish, Dutch

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.6 (May 27, 2017)

  • Fixed a DDU issue for users that had disabled the Task Scheduler service.
  • Added a workaround in FileIO where findHandle would get an Invalid_handle on a JunctionPoint (RaparsePoint), preventing the removal of some folders.
  • Additional NVIDIA CleanUP.
  • Translations updates: Spanish (Spain),French,Japanese, Czech.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.5 (May 13, 2017)

  • Higher timeout for checking new updates + added warnings.
  • Prevent DDU to abruptly stop cleaning when the 'Task Scheduler' service is disabled
  • Do not check for updates if we are in safemode (without networking)
  • French and Ukrainian translation update.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.4 (Apr 29, 2017)

  • DDU is now Digitally Signed !
  • Fixes to the check update.
  • Added an informative message (requested by a user) when processes are killed when starting DDU.
  • Added services name in the log for service started, stopped, and timeout.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.3 (Apr 17, 2017)

  • Fixed a DDU error reported by some users.
  • Additional NVIDIA cleanup

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.2 (Apr 14, 2017)

  • Prevent DDU crashing because of MSI Afterburner(RTSS) hooking in Win10 Creator Update
  • Small additional NVIDIA cleanUP
  • Translation update Serbian (Cyrilic).xml & Serbian (Latin).xml (

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.1 (Mar 17, 2017)

  • Fixed: DDU getting stuck in safe mode.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.6.0 (Mar 14, 2017)

  • Rewrote TaskScheduler and Services removal module
  • Small additional NVIDIA cleanUP

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.5.5 (Feb 27, 2017)

  • Additional AMD cleanUP
  • Language update: Turkish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.5.4 (Feb 15, 2017)

  • Additional AMD service CleanUP
  • Speedup a little the files removals.
  • Reworked messages for "Windows Device Installation settings."
  • Removed first time message
  • Small bug fixes.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.5.3 (Feb 6, 2017)

  • Additional AMD service CleanUP
  • Speedup a little the files removals.
  • Reworked messages for "Windows Device Installation settings."
  • Removed first time message
  • Small bug fixes.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.5.2 (Jan 29, 2017)

  • Fixed the detection of some GPUs(Intel mostly)
  • Fixed a possible Null exception.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.5.1 (Jan 24, 2017)

  • Support NVIDIA driver 378.49
  • Support NVIDIA Geforce Experience 3.3.0.95
  • Translations updates : Portuguese , Czech
  • Miscs enhancements

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.5.0 (Jan 18, 2017)

  • Support AMD 17.1.1
  • Support NVIDIA 376.60
  • Creation of SystemRestore Point is now on it's own thread

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.4.3 (Jan 3, 2017)

  • Fixed an bug in the driver store registry location cleanUP.
  • More logs details for some warnings.
  • Additional cleanUP for AMD.
  • Changed most Wagnardmobile reference to Wagnardsoft

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.4.2 (Dec 28, 2016)

  • Fixed an bug in the driver store registry location cleanUP. (Thanks to : "Zardoc" for the bug report)
  • More logs details for some warnings.
  • Additional cleanUP for AMD.
  • Changed most Wagnardmobile reference to Wagnardsoft

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.4.1 (Dec 15, 2016)

  • Support for changes in 376.33 & Geforce Experience 3.2.0.96
  • Additional support for AMD Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.1
  • Enhancement to the Task Scheduler cleanup section of the code.
  • Translations updates
  • Ukrainian
  • German

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.4.0 (Dec 9, 2016)

  • Added support to AMD Crimson ReLive Edition 16.12.1
  • Added Feature Request: remove GFE/driver cache/downloaded installation files. (new button)
  • Additional nVidia cleanup
  • Translations updates:
  • Russian
  • Portuguese
  • Brazil

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.3.1 (Nov 27, 2016)

  • Fixed an Access Denied (win32 code:5) that was not intercepted.
  • Fixed a possible Heap Corruption error (0xc0000374)
  • Kill "Explorer.exe" on more strategic location. (Should fix nvshext.dll removal and some AMD files too)
  • Fixed several "object reference not set to an instance of an object"
  • Miscs fixes
  • Translations updates

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.3.0 (Oct 31, 2016)

  • Nvidia CleanUP enhancement for driver 375.70.
  • Fixed "nvtelemetry" folder removal conditions
  • Small speed increase for device removal by not checking for siblings every time
  • Fixed a bug showing an error message when Cleaning NVIDIA and when Removing GFE is unticked.
  • Translations updates:
  • Serbian (Cyrilic).xml
  • Serbian (Latin).xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.2.1 (Oct 10, 2016)

  • Removed the killing of the DWM process. (Was causing issues in Windows 10 insider build 14942)
  • Removed AMD Updater from TaskScheduler
  • Transalations updates: Turkish.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.2.0 (Sep 13, 2016)

  • Major AMD devices removal enhancements / fixes
  • Fixed a cast from String --> String()
  • Minor fixes for the driverstore for AMD
  • minor adjustment for the AMD audio bus removal (fix trying to remove 2 times)
  • Additional AMD Cleanup.
  • Verification on DDU launch if there is missing files.
  • Transalations updates :
  • Spanish (Spain).xml
  • Ukrainian.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.1.1 (Sep 6, 2016)

  • Fixed "AMD HD Audio bus" removal that were under some circumstance also removing others Intel system devices
  • Check for pending Windows restart(update) on launch

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.1.0 (Aug 19, 2016)

  • Geforce Experience Beta 3.0.3.127 removal support.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.0.2 (Aug 18, 2016)

  • Thread creation error: Not enough storage is available to process this command.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.0.1 (Aug 16, 2016)

  • Fixed the links.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 17.0.0.0 (Aug 16, 2016)

  • Additional Nvidia cleanUP (based on 372.74)
  • DDU can now fix registry key permissions that is preventing it to opening it.(Should not happen on healthy system)
  • Show Windows 10 warning only on W10
  • Commandline Arguments are should be fixed
  • DDUDR is now removed in favor of SetupAPI
  • Faster starting will less ressources usage
  • Fixed a possible DDU freeze after launch in Safemode
  • Fixed : DDU window is always on top and can't be minimized #31
  • Fixed : GetFiles/GetDirectories getting Access Denied on some System dirs
  • Fixed : Check update status message when changing language
  • Fixed : GPU Name identification on launch for some driver version
  • Many little fixes and enhancements

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 16.1.0.1 (Jul 20, 2016)

  • Fixed GPU Name identification on launch for some driver version.
  • Fixed SharedDlls removal.
  • Fixed the (alternate) AMD environement path cleanUP that was broken recently.
  • General code fixes / enhancements (SetupAPI)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 16.1.0.0 (Jul 15, 2016)

  • Support Nvidia 368.81 driver
  • Support Geforce Experience 3.x
  • new file/folder removal engine that support >260 character (Thanks: devmltk)
  • General code fixes / enhancements

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 16.0.0.4 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Fixed a small bug in the nvidia cleanUP that could prevent some system to complete the CleanUP.
  • Translation update Ukrainian.xml

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 16.0.0.3 (Jul 4, 2016)

  • Additional Nvidia, AMD and Intel Cleanup based on user feedbacks
  • Fixed SharedDlls removal on some situations
  • Many code optimizations / fixes
  • Translations updates

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 16.0.0.2 (Jun 10, 2016)

  • -UI fixes
  • -Fixed a cross-thread under special conditions.
  • -Fixed removal of broken permission folder or read-only files.
  • -Small fix to the Driver store cleanUP.
  • -Translations updates.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 16.0.0.0 Beta (May 13, 2016)

  • Now using WPF instead of WinForm.(1 big advantage: its DPI friendly)
  • New log style. (Check it out)
  • Added the ability to DDU to change folders permission that were failing to be removed before
  • Now using SetupAPI instead of DEVCON for device removal
  • Ability to alter folder and registry permission for removal. (Only for an item to be removed )
  • Fixed Physx was always getting removed in some part of the code
  • Enhancement to the automatic language selection on first launch
  • Improved overall quality of the code
  • And a lot of other not really worth to mention little changes here and there

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.5.5 (Apr 6, 2016)

  • Fixes to Vulkan removal
  • Small AMD leftover removal
  • NVIDIA leftover removal
  • Translations updates: Japanese, Ukrainian

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.5.4 (Apr 3, 2016)

  • Support the removal of the Vulkan runtime. (Optional ,check the option menu)
  • Translations updates: Japanese, Chinese (Traditional)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.5.3 (Mar 30, 2016)

  • Fixed GPU logo location on some systems.
  • Fixed a Crash about a network error when in safemode without networking on some OS/Systems
  • Tried* to fixed some DPI stuff.
  • The extended log auto-updates again when we clean.
  • Translation updates: Spanish,Russian,German,Finish

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.5.2 (Mar 12, 2016)

  • Fixed an issue that could prevent the computer to reboot back into Normal mode.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.5.1 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • AMD Vulkan driver files removal. (this will not remove the Vulkan Runtime)
  • Changed starting Messagebox to Form, works like a splash screen.
  • Added option reboot to Safe Mode with Networking on above mentioned form.
  • Network check before requesting version. Not waiting timeout from requesting version if no networks available. (eg. Safe Mode)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.4.1 (Feb 18, 2016)

  • Disabled the rebuild of the performance counter cache within DDU. (was causing problems on some computers)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.4.0 (Feb 11, 2016)

  • Fix the AMD Steady Video installation error.
  • Added the rebuild of the performance counter cache within DDU
  • Additional nVidia CleanUP
  • Updated Turkish Folder name
  • Added a 1 time message to ask users to Download DDU from its homepage to encourage the developers to continue to develop DDU. By downloading it from others websites, it cut some revenues that could be useful to DDU. In the event there is a problem with DDU main page, please use Guru3d mirror

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.3.1 (Jan 20, 2016)

  • Fixed the "AMD Settings" issue that some users were reporting.
  • Additional AMD SteadyVideo removal (Fix SteadyVideo installation error)
  • Bug fixes

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.3.0 (Jan 12, 2016)

  • Fixed the AMP ACP folder removal from latest release
  • Additional AMD removal (SteadyVideo related stuff)
  • Additional Registry cleanUP for AMD. (This fixed the Cat 15.12+ asking to update instead of fresh install for some users)
  • Fixed a "CMD" pop-up error (0xc0000142) when DDU is restarting the computer in SafeMode
  • General code fixes/enhancements

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.2.2 (Jan 4, 2016)

  • Remove an AMD ACP leftover folder.{920DEC42-4CA5-4d1d-9487-67BE645CDDFC}
  • Some system restore enhancement on the error / catch
  • Do not Freeze the GUI when doing the System Restore point.
  • Enable the buttons only when the "rescan" is done (when applicable)
  • Translation update: Turkish

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.2.0 (Dec 21, 2015)

  • nVidia cleanUP update
  • Added a better logic on how/when the computer reboot after DDU finished cleaning.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the removal of the Geforce Experience "Interface" registry section.
  • Translation Updates:
  • Korean
  • Serbian
  • Spanish

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.1.0 (Dec 5, 2015)

  • Added support for Geforce Experience Beta v2.8.0.80 removal
  • Some extra nVidia cleanUP additions.
  • Japanese translation updated
  • German translation updated

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.0.2 (Nov 30, 2015)

  • Added the option to remove the AMD Crimson Shader Cache folder. (Default: Disabled)
  • It is now possible to translate the option to remove Geforce Experience (GFE)
  • Misc fixes from error spotted on DDU log of some users.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.0.1 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Remove a small leftover from AMD Crimson.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.7.0.0 (Nov 24, 2015)

  • Added support for AMD Crimson driver suite
  • Removed a recently added nVidia Optimus registry entry
  • Some small fixes

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.6.0.2 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Fixed GFE black screen launch after DDU CleanUP without GFE removal.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.6.0.1 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Small fix to a GFE error
  • Fixed the config file

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.6.0.0 (Nov 16, 2015)

  • Added the option to keep Geforce Experience when doing a DDU Cleanup. This option will be useful when nVidia enforce driver updates via GFE.
  • Changed auto start in safemode method to fix problems with some users configurations.
  • Additional nVidia cleanup based on the log from users.
  • Fixed DDU does not close when we click "Yes" on the "Update Found" box.
  • Several fixes.
  • Translation update:
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • German (DE)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.5.1.0 (Oct 8, 2015)

  • Added a registry driver store fixer for Windows 8+ users. This prevent the file not found or path not found error from device manager when installing a driver.
  • Added a way to prevent black screen at logon after rebooting from a cleanup in safemode.
  • Fixed DDU was always on top.
  • Others small fixes.
  • Translation updates:
  • Polish (thanks Daniel)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.5.0.0 (Sep 21, 2015)

  • Changed my modified "paexec" v1.24 to the official "paexec" 1.26 (Fixed some WinXP issues)
  • Enhancement to AMD cleanUP on Windows XP (Thanks Nikos Diamantis) may affect other OS too
  • Some fixes to System Restore settings not applying directly when set
  • Translations update:
  • Russian
  • Ukrainian
  • Hungarian

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.4.1.1 (Sep 5, 2015)

  • Fixed the "Update found" prompt being shown 2 times when answered "No the first time.
  • Added extra logging for the windows update disable.
  • Translations update:
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Japanese
  • Spanish
  • Serbian (Latin/Cyrilic)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.4.1.0 (Aug 29, 2015)

  • nVidia additional cleanUP (NVVAD)
  • Added a Checkbox (can be translated,already in English/French) for not checking for DDU updates on startup (affect also languages changes.)
  • Added into the log the remaining folder(s) preventing the parent folder to be removed
  • Added option to use a roaming config file, so it stays for each version if people don't want to copy their settings from a previous version
  • Config is stored in the "CommonApplicationData" )
  • Translations updates:
  • Serbian (Cyrilic / Latin)
  • Dutch

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.4.0.0r2 (Aug 5, 2015)

  • Updated to fix some translations that were't applying and added Spanish and Korean

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.4.0.0 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • Added to the log a confirmation if the Services are removed or not.
  • Extended Log will now automatically import the text from the normal log on form1, if the extended log is empty.
  • Fixed bug making the Update label disappear when switching languages.
  • Added an option to disable safe mode message box on startup.
  • Added argument to disable safe mode message box: -nosafemode
  • Log folder is created sooner to avoid potential issues and not logging things.
  • Auto resize of the options form based on the right checkboxes
  • Added NV Inspector to process kill list.
  • Options form fixes:
  • Added support for \n (newline) in language text files so the text should never be cut off by the form's size if it is properly used.
  • Most languages that had issues have been updated to support newline already.
  • Moved check boxes further apart so the newline would not overlap
  • Commit checkbox10.txt
  • Options can now be converted to other Languages
  • Translations update:
  • New language: Arabic
  • Korean
  • Russian
  • Serbian (Cyrilic/Latin)
  • French
  • Chinese (Simplified/Traditional)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.3.1.0 (Jul 11, 2015)

  • Additional AMD CleanUP based on Cat 15.7 under Windows 10
  • Small fixes.
  • Translation Updates: Turkish, Chinese

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.3.0.4 (Jul 8, 2015)

  • Better Windows 10 Cleanup for nVidia.
  • Made the message that tell the users that driver search from windows update was disabled before actually starting the cleaning / system restore.
  • Translation Updates:
  • Serbian Cyrilic/Latin
  • Japanese
  • Spanish

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.3.0.3 (Jul 8, 2015)

  • Small changes to the control/video section. (do not remove the BasicDisplay or VGA) from the control / video.
  • Enabled the checkbox9 name translation for the option form.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.3.0.2 (Jun 18, 2015)

  • New option (disabled by default) for the removal of AMDKMPFD driver/filter
  • this option was causing problem on some configuration, use/test it only if you have a backup)
  • Translation update : Korean

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.3.0.1 (Jun 12, 2015)

  • Fixed a bug in the "AMD HD Audio Bus removal" …
  • Fixed a PhysX related cleanUP bug
  • Additional nVidia CleanUP
  • Additional AMD CleanUP

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.3.0.0 (Jun 5, 2015)

  • Additional nVidia support for Windows 10
  • Kill the most common programs (MSI AB, EVGA PREC X, RTSS) that read GPU stats before uninstalling
  • Chinese (Traditional) Danfong Hsieh
  • Chinese (Simplified) BenYeeHua

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.2.0.0 (May 21, 2015)

  • Enhancement to AMD cleanUP in Windows 10 particularly for the windows update drivers.
  • Made some of the buttons a bit smaller, and reduced form size a small amount
  • Fixed the donation label not being able to be fully read when using the German language setting
  • Spanish and Dutch translation updates

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.1.0.2 (May 4, 2015)

  • Additional AMD Windows 10 Support
  • Addition AMD CleanUP
  • Fixed a Cleaning bug that could prevented the removal of some registry keys.(All cards)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.1.0.0 (Apr 28, 2015)

  • Fixed the AMDKMPFD lowerfilter removal for windows 10
  • DDU will not clean the system if there is a Needed reboot from Windows Updates
  • Reworked some variables. Changed how translation work. No more need to copy English stuff on the translated folders.
  • Small AMD CCC addition

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 15.0.0.1 (Apr 20, 2015)

  • Fix a critical cleaning bug that could have prevented the AMD and nvidia Cleaning to be completely done
  • AMD Cleanup Improvements
  • Removal of the AMDKMPFD lowerfiler and service from the PCI Express ROOT Complex and ROOT PCI BUS
  • Korean language updates
  • Added an extra check before removing the AMDKMPFD service some work on the control/video section

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 14.3.0.0 (Apr 7, 2015)

  • Driverstore/Pnplockdownfiles improvements
  • Environment path cleanup enhancements
  • Intel will not be selected if an nVidia or AMD GPU is found
  • Check updates fixes
  • Russian translation update

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 14.2.0.0 (Mar 31, 2015)

  • NVIDIA SHIELD Wireless Controller Trackpad" Driver/files/service removal
  • AMD cleanup update
  • nVidia Cleanup Update
  • Windows XP Cleanup update for both AMD / nVidia. (Thanks to CrazY_Milojko)
  • Translation update (Ukrainian). Thanks, Yurii Petrashko
  • Korean language update (Contributor: 4Li)
  • Changed the SVN link
  • CleanUP fixes

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 14.1.0.0 (Mar 23, 2015)

  • Added command lines arguments (thanks for the suggestion and testing FunkyMike)
  • see readme.txt for the details)
  • nVidia addiditional CleanUP
  • Removed the bootmenu for win8+ (Users were confused by it)
  • Japanese and Serbian Language update. DH.Omega & CrazY_Milojko
  • Added a system tray icon for DDU

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 14.0.0.1 (Mar 6, 2015)

  • Added a checkbox in the option window for booting directly into safemode from
  • windows 8+
  • Minor changes on the GPU removal procedure to fix an issue when cleaning in
  • normal mode when SLI is enabled.
  • Minor nVidia cleanUP addition
  • Esc key can now be use to close the options form.
  • Japanese Language update.
  • New Language : Bulgarian (Thanks : Ventsislav "Night_Raven" Dimitrov)
  • Added a message when a windows 8 user answer "yes" to reboot into safe Mode when direct Safe Mode is not ticked in the options

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 14.0.0.0 (Feb 26, 2015)

  • Updated the option menu.
  • DDU is now DPI Aware.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.6.4.3 (Feb 20, 2015)

  • Additional nVidia cleanup for WinXP32
  • Fixed an issue on 32bit system that prevented some parts of Physx CleanUP.
  • Fix an exception.
  • Removed some left over for AMD

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.6.4.2 (Feb 11, 2015)

  • Additinal AMD cleanUP for older drivers (CrazY_Milojko)
  • Small additional nVidia CleanUP. (347.52 tested)
  • Changed the way DDU go into safemode with Windows 8+ (Troubleshoot-> advanced options -> startup Settings.)
  • Updated Russian and Ukraine Language

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.6.4.1 (Jan 31, 2015)

  • Support Windows 10 TP 9926
  • Korean language update

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.6.4.0 (Jan 26, 2015)

  • Support nVidia iCafe 347.26
  • Small fixes / enhancements fixes

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.6.2.0 (Jan 23, 2015)

  • Support nVidia 347.25
  • Miracast service removal (nVidia)
  • Nv_cache cleanUP for the "Modern UI apps" (nVidia)
  • Additional MUI Cache Cleanup (nVidia)
  • Fixed some DDU crash on specific system configuration

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.6.1.1 (Jan 19, 2015)

  • Fixed the "pnplockdown" cleanup part for Windows 7 (bug introduced on 13.6.x.x)
  • AMD additional files cleanup based on kevsamiga1974
  • Korean Language update

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.6.1.0 (Jan 16, 2015)

  • Small additional nVidia/AMD CleanUP
  • Logs now show the deleted files and folders
  • Fixed the translation files

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.6.0.0 (Jan 12, 2015)

  • DDU will now log some of the deleted registry key. (work in progress)
  • New extended log window that show the log progress in realtime.
  • Additional AMD assembly cleanUP
  • Additional AMD cleanUP for older CAT version

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.5.0 (Dec 31, 2014)

  • nVidia 347.09 support
  • Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tested
  • Fixed a possible bug when detecting the GPU details at launch
  • Fixes/enhancements on the Cleanup engine (clsidleftover part)
  • Additional Intel/AMD notebook service cleanUP

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.4.2 (Dec 17, 2014)

  • Better SharedDlls cleanUP.
  • Do not kill explorer.exe in safe mode.
  • Tiny fixes/enhancements.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.4.1 (Dec 12, 2014)

  • Fixed an event log error caused by "paexec"
  • DDU can now run if .NET 4.0 is installed alone (mostly seen on Win XP)
  • Various installer\folders registry enhancements.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.4.0 (Dec 10, 2014)

  • Support AMD 14.12 OMEGA.
  • Activated Windows 10 Kernel 10 (Build 988x+).
  • Fix some possibles DDU freeze when cleaning.
  • Japanese language update. (DH.Omega)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.3.0 (Dec 1, 2014)

  • Improved the Intel CleanUP
  • Korean language update

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.2.0 (Nov 22, 2014)

  • Services are removed only when they are completely stopped. (This help the removal when not in safemode
  • Fixed a possible error reported in the log on the AMD Orphan TypeLib CleanUP.(again)
  • Additional AMD cleanUP.
  • Better logic for the nVidia Optimus UpperFilters removal.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.1.3 (Nov 17, 2014)

  • Updated Chinese (Traditional)
  • Several Fixes / Enhancement.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.1.2 (Nov 11, 2014)

  • Fixed the removal of "systemdrive:\nVidia"
  • Fixed a possible error reported in the log on the AMD Orphan TypeLib CleanUP.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.1.1 (Nov 6, 2014)

  • Minor extra nVidia (nView related) cleanUP.
  • Languages fixes

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.1.0 (Nov 1, 2014)

  • Now supporting nVidia Quadro removal. (tested and updated for it) Thanks to a cool guy at nV.
  • Removal of nView and NVWMI.
  • System restore is now done when we start the cleanup instead of when starting DDU
  • No more paypal.bat file
  • No more command prompt quick show up when restarting/shutdown the system with DDU.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.5.0.0 (Oct 31, 2014)

  • Cleaned up the interface by placing the options tick-box in they own options window.
  • Fixes possible DDU deadlock (Hang)
  • Removed 1 remaining hardcoded paths ("c:\"). Fixes some issue when "c:" is not the system drive.
  • Clean some AMD orphan regkeys.
  • Changed the code responsible for the auto-selection of the GPU.
  • Present and non-present monitor removal is now optional.
  • Minor AMD additional file cleanUP.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.4.2.2 (Oct 27, 2014)

  • Fixed a problem with some AMD card detection with some drivers.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.4.2.1 (Oct 25, 2014)

  • MuiCache CleanUP for nVidia.
  • Some fixes on thepnplockdown cleanup. (thanks for PimpleMaze)
  • (update 13.4.2.1) - Fixed a problem with the O.S detection and other minor fixes.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.4.1.0 (Oct 10, 2014)

  • Additional nVidia assembly cleanUP
  • Addition registry cleanUP for nVidia. (344.xx)
  • The log is created earlier at launch to be able to catch DDU error on load

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.4.0.0 (Oct 3, 2014)

  • Allowed the use of DDU with Windows 10.
  • Fix an issue that prevented to find the name of some GPU.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.3.0.3 (Oct 2, 2014)

  • Fixed CCC startup if previously installed on a different default path.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.3.0.2 (Oct 1, 2014)

  • Update: Addiditonal nVidia cleanup (logging)
  • Update: Updated Ukrainian Language

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.3.0.1 (Sep 29, 2014)

  • New driver store cleaner.
  • DDU now start faster
  • Added a fix for some users that have the Nvidia installer stuck asking to always reboot.
  • Misc. Fixes.
  • Update :(13.3.0.1) Fixed the driver store cleanUP for AMD.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.3.0.0 (Sep 27, 2014)

  • New driver store cleaner.
  • DDU now start faster
  • Added a fix for some users that have the Nvidia installer stuck asking to always reboot.
  • Misc. Fixes.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.2.0.0 (Sep 23, 2014)

  • Cleaning of the Windows Assembly folder for nVidia and AMD

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.1.1.0 (Sep 20, 2014)

  • Support to nVidia 344.11 and Geforce Experience 2.1.2.0
  • Started to add a new driver store cleanUp engine. Only oem package info on log at the moment.
  • Misc fixes.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.1.0.0 (Sep 13, 2014)

  • (Intel display audio) added removal of the IntcDAud.sys and its related service.
  • Extra cleanUp for the Control/video section.
  • Added AMD Audio Endpoint removal.
  • Updated the Intel audio endpoint removal.
  • Additional nVidia folder cleanup.
  • Workaround for different Windows DPI settings.
  • Translation update: Polish

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.0.0.2 (Aug 29, 2014)

  • Added the "c:\windows\installer" cleanUP. (only for the currently installed gpu)
  • Small additional cleanUP for AMD/nVidia and less hard-coded cleanUP for them(configurable with .cfgs).
  • Update to the nVidia Optimus cleanUP (service removal of nvkflt.sys)+ some more log/msgbox
  • Translation Update, Korean

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.0.0.1 (Aug 26, 2014)

  • Additional AMD cleanUP (Mediafoundation)
  • Translation update : Japanese , Slovak
  • Fixed Vbios information if it was stored in a binary-hex format.(AMD)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 13.0.0.0 (Aug 24, 2014)

  • Added the external language file support for the msgbox
  • dded the external language file support for the updatetextmethod
  • added Vbios info on dynamic log.
  • Fixed the update dialogue showing 2 time when we select "no"
  • Many Translation updates
  • Little fix for the Paypal donation button for Chrome Beta 37

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.9.2 (Aug 18, 2014)

  • Changed the way the GPU are detected for removal to help remove them when they are in weird state
  • More details on the log about the GPU. inf, inf section etc
  • Tiny change on the check update procedure
  • Additional AMD cleanup
  • Fixed a possible "stuck at rebooting screen" when trying to reboot into safemode
  • New translation: Ukraine; Thanks to Vladislav Denega (TheStels)
  • 12.9.9.1)Fixed the automatic GPU cleanup selector. It was always selecting the nVidia card
  • 12.9.9.2)Fixed the removal of disconnected / non present devices

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.8.4 (Aug 11, 2014)

  • Fixed a small bug on the "S-1-5-xx region cleanUP"
  • small fixes and cleanup on the registry cleanup
  • Translation updates: Korean.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.8.3 (Aug 5, 2014)

  • Fixed the pnplockdownfile CleanUP section for Windows vista and Windows 7. It got broken some revision ago
  • Translation updates: Serbian Cyrilic & Serbian Latin

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.8.2 (Jul 28, 2014)

  • Added a tick-box for the removal of the (AMD Audio Bus) (Uncheck this box if your sound card get removed.(Should not technically))
  • Fixed a problem that could prevent DDU to follow the tick box rules.
  • Additional CleanUP for AMD and INTEL
  • Minor nVidia changes to classroot.cfg
  • Translation update for Chinese Traditional
  • (12.9.8.2)Fixed a bug preventing Physx removal.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.7.0 (Jul 14, 2014)

  • DDU is now removing (some of the ) "Audio Endpoint" for nVidia and Intel
  • Disabled the removal of the "AMD HD audio bus" as it is still not perfect (This fix the removal of the soundcard on some systems)
  • Environment path CleanUP adjustments
  • Additional nVidia shortcut/folder CleanUP
  • Language update : Japanesse and Korean

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.6.0 (Jul 3, 2014)

  • DDU now create an optional System Restore point
  • Additional AMD CleanUP (Mainly the AMD HD Audio Bus)
  • Additional nVidia and Intel CleanUP (based on users reports)
  • New saved configurations that won't be lost when upgrading DDU.
  • Additional driver store removal for olders driver / some computer brand (HP/ATI).
  • Fixed the Paypal donation button, it was opening the browser with system privilege (very bad thing)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.5.1 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Additional Miracast Cleanup (For nVidia 340.43)
  • Additional Intel CleanUP

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.4.0 (Jun 13, 2014)

  • Hopefully fixed DDU Start-UP on ALL Language the right way this time.
  • Minor additional CleanUP for AMD on the Prefetch folder.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.3.4 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • Fixed startup on Finnish Language system.
  • Fixed a possible bug on startup on All Language system.
  • Please tell me if there is more language that fail to start)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.3.3 (Jun 9, 2014)

  • Fixed startup on Polish system.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.3.2 (Jun 6, 2014)

  • Fixed DDU startup on Swedish systems.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.3.1 (Jun 5, 2014)

  • Fixed DDU startup on Portuguese systems.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.3 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • Fixed a problem that prevent DDU to start on some system language.
  • Addition nVidia cleanup.
  • Misc fixes.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.2.1 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Fixed "DDU do not start in (Safemode with networking)"

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.2 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Many little fixes for the issues reported with previous version.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.1 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • Fixed a little issue that prevented the cleanUP of some folders in the users accounts.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.9.0 (Jun 2, 2014)

  • DDU now run as a System process to avoid permission issues and also avoid having to change itself permission on the system.
  • Updates to nVidia and Intel CleanUP
  • Worked a bit the messages-box on start-up
  • Updates to nVidia and Intel CleanUP
  • Language update : Korean (Contributor: 4Li)
  • Several little fixes on the code.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.8.2 (May 24, 2014)

  • Now cleaning the other users account from the remaining driver files (Nvidia and AMD). Previously, only the current user account was cleaned that DDU was run on).

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.8.1 (May 22, 2014)

  • Small additional AMD (delayapo) and Nvidia(nv_cache) Cleanup.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.8.0.1 (May 17, 2014)

  • A lot more Intel CleanUP. (still incomplete compared to AMD / NVidia)
  • Fixed the logic of the removal of some devices (Intel WIDI, NVIDIA Virtual AudioDevice (Wave Extensible) (WDM) , USB driver for 3D vision).
  • Code Rewrite of the Classroot/CLSID/APPID/TYPELIB/INTERFACE... (Safer and easier to manage)
  • 337.81 additional cleanup (NVIDIA Streaming Kernel Service)
  • Japanese language Update. (DH.Omega)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.7.2 (May 8, 2014)

  • Fixed a lot of potential null error or corruption with array variables
  • Removed the hard-coded version in the GUI as it is already in the Dynamic log
  • Small Additional Cleanup for AMD on the registry
  • Check update timeout to 2.5secs from 2.0secs
  • Added a Donation label on the GUI

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.7.1 (Apr 28, 2014)

  • Fixed an issue for AMD system that can produce an error code on the system device "AMD High Definition Audio bus"
  • Fixed an issue when Nvidia Physx was unselected.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.7.0 (Apr 24, 2014)

  • Set a timeout value of 2 secs when checking for updates.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause some other device to get removed.
  • Added a warning messagebox to warn the user of the DDU automatic boot into safemode.
  • Do not check for removing the Upperfilter of Nvidia Optimus when Cleaning AMD videocards.
  • Updated driverfiles.cfg for the Catalyst 14.4 RC1 release.
  • A little more cleaning on the AMD side. (almost perfect already tho.)
  • Log is cleaner now.
  • Fixed a possible hang in the nVidia Optimus cleaning section.
  • Korean Language update.
  • Translation updade: Hebrew

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.6.2 Beta (Mar 26, 2014)

  • More logging on the dynamic log screen.
  • Really Fixed the "Close application window box"

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.6.1 Beta (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Made Nvidia CleanUP a lot faster (particularly on the DDUDR remove part)
  • Do not ask to close the application if the Reboot or shutdown button was selected.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.6.0 Beta (Mar 17, 2014)

  • Fixed a possible registry clean-up problem that could happen on some circumstances (I highly recommend users to update DDU to this version)
  • Updated Interface reg clean-up
  • Add Korean language

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.5.1 Beta (Mar 12, 2014)

  • Revert to the old method for going into Safe Mode. Some Messagesbox modification

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.5 Beta (Mar 11, 2014)

  • Added additional logs for the folders deletion.
  • Some Nvidia folders removal adjustment.
  • fixed a crash if prefetch doesn't exist for some reason
  • Changed DDU from going directly into safemode to instead display the os boot menu. (press F8 on the desired OS to run DDU)
  • Typo fixes here and there + Small fixes and enhancement.
  • New Language ! Serbian (Cyrilic and Latin)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.4 Beta (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Fixed a bug introduced recently that could have prevented the cleanUP of the pnplockdownfiles section. (Nvidia only)
  • made a packages.cfg file to give further DDU CleanUp power to the users.(AMD Only)
  • Spanish language update

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.3 Beta (Mar 10, 2014)

  • Disabled DDU CleanUP if AMD Enduro Laptop is Detected until DDU correctly support its removal.
  • Nvidia cleanup order reorganisation
  • Workaround to not let the O.S rebooting infinitely into safemode when the normal procedure fail to set it back to normal.
  • Some tiny leftover Nvidia removal
  • New Language: Greek

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.2 Beta (Feb 10, 2014)

  • Do not remove the amdkmpfd (amd PCI bus lower filter) it can cause trouble
  • Amd cleanup order reorganisation (Nvidia will follow later.)
  • Some amd cleanup addition to remove some leftover for some users

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 12.0 Beta (Feb 5, 2014)

  • Support for AMD Catalyst 14.1 (Mantle)
  • Partly rewrite of the Control/Video section of the registry
  • Some AMD folders were not removed because of some leftover inside (Hydravision)
  • Fixed the removal of the AMD Audio bus that could have also removed some soundcards on a AMD motherboard based Chipset.
  • Portuguese language Update.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 11.3 (Jan 31, 2014)

  • Added the removal of the AMD High Definition Audio Bus
  • Party rewrite of the Installer/Product, updagradecodes, features, components on the different registry regions. (Nvidia / AMD)
  • Now when DDU restart into safemode, it is now using Safemode with Networking
  • CleanUP of Some shellEx extension leftovers.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 11.2 (Jan 30, 2014)

  • DDU now have a new installer and icon. (the installer also have offers, nothing is installed without users approval.)
  • Party rewrite of the Installer/Product, updagradecodes, features, components on the different registry regions. (Nvidia / AMD)
  • Now when DDU restart into safemode, it is now using Safemode with Networking
  • CleanUP of Some shellEx extension leftovers.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 11.1 (Jan 24, 2014)

  • Fixed fail to remove some Nvidia folders
  • Translations Updates Russian

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 11.0 (Jan 23, 2014)

  • Many (too much to list) cleanup and fixes for AMD card
  • Fixed fail to remove old Nvidia update (pre-GFexperience)
  • Translations Updates, Hungarian
  • Translations Updates Russian from (homocomputeris also part of the team now)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 10.2 (Jan 16, 2014)

  • Changed how stuff get deleted on disk and some region of the registry.(Nvidia only)
  • Fixed an issue that prevented cleaning various stuff in the registry.(AMD and NVIDIA)
  • Russian Translation updated

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 10.1 (Jan 8, 2014)

  • Changed the way GPU and driver version are detected and shown in the log to avoid some bug reported by users.
  • Fixed a possible DDU crash when doing the Driver store cleanUP.
  • Cleanup of display cpl from the pnpressource section. win8+
  • Added cleanup of the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video section for NVIDIA.
  • Quick workaround to correctly clean the driver entry of program and features of Dutch systems.
  • Updated ddudr
  • Russian Translation updated
  • Fixed aboutbox autoresize.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 10.0 (Jan 4, 2014)

  • Added preliminary support to Intel display driver (currently only remove the driver and clean the driver store, no file removal or registry cleanUP)
  • DDU can now restart the computer into safe mode by asking the user if he wish to. (WinVista+)
  • Speed up DDU reg cleanup compared to 9.9.2 (A lot on some systems)
  • Fixed a bug on the auto-notification of update that would have prevent it to work on version 10+
  • Updated DDUDR to add support to Windows XP 64
  • More than 100+ new registry key for Nvidia are cleaned.
  • DDU should now start automatically after rebooting into safe-mode by DDU.
  • Enhancement to the About box(automatic resize)
  • Polish language update
  • Dutch language update
  • Many little fixes here and there on the code.
  • (V2) Fixed DDU failing to autostart into safemode for some users.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.9.2 (Dec 21, 2013)

  • Fixed a small possible crash that could happen near the end of the CleanUP.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.9.1 (Dec 20, 2013)

  • Fixed a huge bug affecting a few users that could have corrupted the registry and preventing some windows features to work correctly.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.9 (Dec 11, 2013)

  • Just like AMD, DDU will Not stop on little errors for the NVIDIA cleanup anymore when it finds error, it will try to continue if possible.
  • Changed the way I change registry permission for the removal of some protected key.Thanks to Helge Klein for the authorisation to use SetACL.exe with DDU
  • Re-enabled the LEGACY_AMDKMDAG Cleanup (WORK ONLY IN SAFE-MODE) .

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.8.4 (Dec 4, 2013)

  • Revert the LEGACY_AMDKMDAG cleanup, something is wrong with it on win 7 pro

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.8.3 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • (AMD only) DDU will not stop on little errors any-more(registry permission broken etc..), it will try to continue if possible.This will reduce the crash reports and will allow far more CleanUP to be completed successfully. The same will be added for NVIDIA in a future version.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.8.2 (Dec 2, 2013)

  • Fixed a possible DDU crash for non standard user driver configuration.(Fixed by updating "ddudr")

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.8.1 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • Fixed a possible DDU crash for AMD users.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.8 (Nov 30, 2013)

  • Fixed crashes encountered by some users who are not using a base Windows localized in English when cleaning some registry keys that required special permissions.
  • Cleaning of the LEGACY_AMDKMDAG registry key leftovers for win 7 and -
  • Remove the AMD service AODservice
  • French language Update
  • Updated nvidia driverfiles.cfg
  • DDU is now safe to use even with the "Real" Administrator account.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.7.2 (Nov 29, 2013)

  • The application will now exit if it detect that you do not have Administrator privilege
  • Change the way DDU detect the user account name for registry permission and also log it for easier debugging.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.7.1 (Nov 28, 2013)

  • Now supporting .NET 2.0 (Fixed crash for user who do not have .NET 3.5)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.7 (Nov 26, 2013)

  • Many updates to the AMD cleaning.
  • Support for Nvidia Geforce 331.93 and GFE 1.8

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.6.2 (Nov 25, 2013)

  • Finally Fixed the PCI-Express code 39 yellow mark on device manager preventing the detection of the Nvidia GPU (Mostly Optimus system)
  • Additional Fixes to the pnplockdownfiles and pnpressources CleanUp.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.6.1 (Nov 20, 2013)

  • Fix a Major issue that prevented the cleanup of the pnplocldownfiles section (NVIDIA and AMD).
  • This will help a lot of users who have problem installing new driver

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.6 (Nov 19, 2013)

  • Fixed a possible infinite loop with the driver store Cleanup
  • fixed the win32 error message for ddudr on winxp32
  • Updated Portuguese language.
  • updated the NVIDIA clsidleftover and driverfiles .cfgs
  • clean the firewall entrys and power settings (nvidia)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.5 (Nov 15, 2013)

  • DDU does not use DEVCON anymore but DDUDR (made from the sample code of DEVCON to respect microsoft license)
  • Fixed some typos in the .cfg files that prevented the cleaning of some files
  • Added more protection to folder removal
  • Updated some language (thanks to the usuals contributors.)
  • updated the way DDU cleaned package for NVIDIA to be more selective (avoid the removal of the Tegra developer kit and possibly others)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.4 (Nov 11, 2013)

  • Added extra potection to DDU to prevent the removal of the "programfiles ..." folders (could happen on very rare)
  • Added a warning message if the user is not in safemode
  • Added Russian language + updated some languages

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.3 (Nov 9, 2013)

  • By popular demand, clean the others Controlsets
  • Some shadowplay cleaning bugfix.
  • Fixed a bug that DDU would crash if "c:\program files\nvidia corporation" is non existant.(after a cleanup)
  • Updated languages files for the new tooltips and buttons description (some languages need updating)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.2 (Nov 1, 2013)

  • Shadowplay support
  • Remove AMD eventviewer stuff.
  • Packages are now removed from non standard folders (AMD CCC in 13.11B6 for example)
  • Some improvement to the auto update notification features. (it now check my server and guru3d server too)
  • Update to the English language, added Italian language (Credits weah), German (Credits Have Heart), Polish (Credits freeman94)
  • Fixed Nvidia demo that were also remove by DDU

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.1 (Oct 23, 2013)

  • Added Slovak Language
  • Added Czech Language
  • Updated Portuguese Language
  • Fix some text problem on the GUI
  • Fix a crash that can rarely occur with the Driver Store Cleanup on unusual configuration.
  • Some change to the driver detection, not as perfect as I would like tho. (should avoid the "Unknown" when in reality there is a driver)
  • Changed the way DDU access some registry keys(was requesting write permission when not needed on 2 keys, could fix some crashs)

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 9.0 (Oct 22, 2013)

  • Multi-Language support : English, French, Spanish (credits MerolaC), Duch (credits Elite3540), Portuguese (credits DiRgE), Chineses (Credits BenYeeHua)
  • Fix Nvidia environement Path cleanup
  • Replaced some contains with startswith where it make sense.
  • Some speed up in regcleaing with he .cfg files
  • Updated and added aditional files to the configs file
  • Support cleaning of ShadowPlay for when its released.
  • Updated devcon

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 8.1 (Oct 15, 2013)

  • Added more .CFG files
  • Clean AMD environement Path
  • Some little bug fixes

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 8.0 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • Added driverfiles.cfg : Is meant for the removal of driver files from
  • Windows\System32\drivers \System32 \SysWOW64 and the registry location of
  • (pnplockdownfiles)
  • So this is not hard-coded anymore.
  • Do not disable hardware before remove. (not needed anymore and cause problem for old o.s anyway)
  • Windows vista does not required to have the internet disconnected anymore.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 7.8.1 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • Remove AMD Fuel Service
  • Fix possible application Hang/Deadlock.

New in Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) 7.8 (Oct 7, 2013)

  • Disabling the Internet Connection is not required anymore for win7+
  • More CleanUP for NVIDIA ( Your Ccleaner / Driver sweeper should not have much left if any)
  • Some more CleanUP for AMD