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The thread discusses the development and updates of Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU), a tool for completely removing graphics drivers for AMD and Nvidia from Windows systems. Various versions are highlighted, with users reporting fixes for bugs, improvements in safety and compatibility, and additional language support. Overall, the sentiment is technical and positive, emphasizing DDU's effectiveness in resolving driver installation issues and maintaining system stability.

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Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU)
The Display-drivers uninstaller is exactly what it say's it is. Using this handy app you can remove all previous versions of your display driver whether it be AMD or Nvidia:

What it does is removing the Display driver from device manager and removing the current and all precedent driver from the Windows Driver store along with removing services from NVIDIA/AMD.

The current effect after you use this tool will be similar as if Windows was in a "Fresh Install" state.

This tool act similar to what Driver sweeper do + the extra mentioned above.

If you have problem installing older driver or newer one, give it a try as there are some reports that it fix those problems.

RECOMMENDED USAGE :

-The tool can be used in Normal mode but for abolute stability when using DDU, Safemode is always the best.
Windows XP up to 8.1 is supported X86/X64 (not sure for WinXP x64)
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Download latest Version 9.4
Changelog:

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.

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Display Driver Uninstaller Download version 9.7.1
Changelog:


  • Now supporting .NET 2.0 (Fixed crash for user who do not have .NET 3.5)
  • Fixed a possible infinite loop with the driver store Cleanup
  • Updated Portuguese language.
  • updated the NVIDIA clsidleftover and driverfiles .cfgs
  • clean the firewall entrys and power settings (nvidia)
  • fixed the win32 error message for ddudr on winxp32

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Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU)
Download latest version 9.8.1 (11-29-2013) V2 (re-released)

Changelog:
-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.

-Fixed a possible DDU crash for AMD users.

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Download latest version 10.1(01-07-2014)
Changelog:

-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 (Thanks to homocomputeris)

-Fixed aboutbox autoresize

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Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU)
Download latest version 10.2(01-15-2014)

Changelog:

-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 (Thanks to homocomputeris)

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Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU)
Download latest version 11.2(01-29-2014)

Changelog:

-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.
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Display Driver Uninstaller 12.2 (beta) (02-09-2014)

Changelog:

-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.

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Display Driver Uninstaller 12.4 (03-01-2014)

DDU should be considered as beta software.

Changelog:

-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.

-Spanish language update from Jackalito ! Thanks.

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Display Driver Uninstaller 12.6.0 (03-17-2014)

DDU should be considered a beta.

Changelog:
-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 . Contributor: 4Li

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Display Driver Uninstaller 12.7.1 (04-26-2014)


Changelog:
-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.

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Display Driver Uninstaller 12.9.4.0

Changelog:
-*Hopefully* Fixed DDU Start-UP on ALL Language the right way this time.
-Minor additional CleanUP for AMD on the Prefetch folder.

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Display Driver Uninstaller 12.9.8.3 (08-04-2014)
Changelog:
-Fixed the pnplockdownfile CleanUP section for Windows vista and Windows 7. It got broken some revision ago :/ Thanks to mattcoops82 for the report.
-Translation updates: Serbian Cyrilic & Serbian Latin ...by CrazY_Milojko
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Display Driver Uninstaller 13.0.0.3(08-29-2014)
Changelog:
-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 (Thanks to 4Li)
-(V13.0.0.3) Fixed "detoured.dll" error for some users.
-(V13.0.0.3) Translation Update, Russian (Thanks to Dave Snake)

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Display Driver Uninstaller 13.2.0.0 (09-22-2014)
Changelog:
-Cleaning of the Windows Assembly folder for nVidia and AMD
-Note: This update *could* help user who were having problems to run CCC or Geforce Experience.
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Display Driver Uninstaller 13.5.1.2 (11-10-2014)
Changelog:
-Fixed the removal of "systemdrive:\nVidia"
-Fixed a possible error reported in the log on the AMD Orphan TypeLib CleanUP.
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Display Driver Uninstaller 13.5.4.1 (12-09-2014)
Changelog:
V13.5.4.0
-Support AMD 14.12 OMEGA.
-Activated Windows 10 Kernel 10 (Build 988x+).
-Fix some possibles DDU freeze when cleaning.
-Japanese language update. (DH.Omega)
Update V13.5.4.1 (re-uploaded)
-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.
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Display Driver Uninstaller is a driver removal utility that can help you completely uninstall AMD/NVIDIA graphics card drivers and packages from your system, without leaving leftovers behind (including registry keys, folders and files, driver store).

Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU)
Current Version 13.6.2.0


-Requirements: .NetFramework 2.0 +
-Supports Windows XP up to Windows 10 TP
-32/64bit support
-(AMD / nVidia / Intel / Surface Pro 3)
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The handy DDU / Display Driver Uninstaller is now at update 1.4.0.0.0

Version 14.0.0.0 Released
02/25/2015
Changelog:

-Updated the option menu.
-DDU is now DPI Aware.
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Display driver un-installer now updated..
Version 14.0.0.1 Released
03/05/2015
Changelog:

-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.

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Version 14.1.0.0 Released
Changelog:

-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
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