Driverheaven - Driver Cleaner 2.0

**Spike** · Sep 5, 2003, 10:31 AM

Driverheaven - Driver Cleaner 2.0

Here is new release of Driver Cleaner. Now the name is Driver Cleaner 2. There are a lot of changes in this version. I worked 1 month on it and I am satisfied with the outcome.
Below you find a list of the things that are changed since 1.9:

Improved:
- ATI cleaning file
- nVidia cleaning file
- nForce cleaning file beta

Added:
- Turtle Beach cleaning file beta
- ATI Uninstall Utility cleaning file
- Driver Cleaner Advanced version
- Deleted File and Directory Backup and Restore function
- Deleted Registry Backup and Restore function
- Log File option
- Options Menu
- Cleaning Wizard
- Cab Cleaner Integrated into Driver Cleaner (access through tools menu)

Removed:
- VIA Chipset cleaning file (still not working good)

IMPORTANT: uninstall the older version first before you install this version.

It is for nVidia, ATI, Creative and Turtle Beach. It will remove anything that is left by the drivers after uninstall.

Special thanx to 1 beta tester, Craig aka MrThc he really supplied me with good testing data. From the rest I haven't heard anything.

You can download the new version here.

If you use Driver Cleaner either for personal or business use and wish to support development so i can continue to improve this product, please donate some money. Every little bit helps in my long hours of developing this tool to further aid the community. See the Driver Cleaner website for a link or check the readme or help file for more details.

Spike

Aspect · Sep 5, 2003, 12:09 PM

And here it is

cOoLeRgUy · Sep 5, 2003, 01:49 PM

aww...... damn.. i just installed 1.9 yesterday.

well, wonderful job once again.

RIV@NVX · Sep 5, 2003, 01:52 PM

I tested it today with 3.6's and 3.7's and it works just great.
Thanks, Spike.

dipstick · Sep 5, 2003, 02:00 PM

Thx bud, this has become one of my favorite and most indispensable programs. Works great with both ATi and nVidia drivers, awesome work and thx again

tdd · Sep 5, 2003, 03:34 PM

Spike:

I used the last version (I guess its v1.9) to install the Cat. 3.7's. They seemed to install OK but who knows. Would I be better off going back and doing it over again with Driver Cleaner 2.0? BTW, keep up the good work.

Thanks

**Spike** · Sep 5, 2003, 04:07 PM

It is not needed to do it again. DC1.9 is also a good version. In DC2 the new options like backup and restore are good for people that like the idea that they can restore the things DC deletes. The adjustments on the cleaning files are just small things. But for next time i suggest you use DC2 it has some new cleaning files also. Maybe download it and just take a look arond in it.

Rayder · Sep 5, 2003, 04:18 PM

Hmm, I installed 1.9 just yesterday to see if it would make any difference to the Cat 3.7 (all-in-one package) install, since I was having some game-related problems (reported to ATI feedback) with the set. I used both Cab Cleaner and Driver Cleaner. This was the very first time I have used Driver Cleaner and although it didn't make any difference to the problems I had with the 3.7's, I CAN say that I now have the cleanest install of the 3.5'hotfix' drivers short of reformatting.

I was surprised at the amount of leftover files it found to remove. My previous method had always been to just remove the control panel and install the new driver set, but since I'm going to try out the Omega set based on the 3.7's when it gets released, this program may come in handy if Omega's doesn't work out for me.
I will continue to use this program in the future, it seems very well-made, very straight forward and easy to use. Keep up the good work.

**Spike** · Sep 5, 2003, 04:33 PM

Thanx Rayder. I will keep improving it.

BWX · Sep 5, 2003, 06:10 PM

I get this half way through using Driver cleaner 2 (Cab cleaner) every single time.
Don't know why.

(in safe mode)

Dom · Sep 5, 2003, 06:14 PM

Spike...you have outdone yourself, sir!

**Spike** · Sep 5, 2003, 06:44 PM

BWX i will look into cab cleaner to see where it comes from. What does cab cleaner do in normal mode?

BWX · Sep 5, 2003, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Spike
BWX i will look into cab cleaner to see where it comes from. What does cab cleaner do in normal mode?

it works great in normal mode- I get the error when I use cab cleaner in safe mode and select "sp1" or the regular "driver cab"..

Iridium · Sep 5, 2003, 09:19 PM

So, Cab cleaner only needs to be run once correct, whereas drivercleaner should be run before every new driver install right? Or should I run Cab cleaner before every new install too?

**Spike** · Sep 5, 2003, 10:37 PM

Cab Cleaner should indeed be run once. Driver Cleaner needs to be run everytime you want to install a new driver. Run Driver Cleaner after you uninstalled the drivers. Follow the steps in the readme file.

dogin · Sep 6, 2003, 03:07 PM

Have heard nothing but good about this tool so am downloading now to try it on the next 3.8 install. Have a question about what it does to Turtle Beach Sana Cruz files. I am using the new TB beta 4193 drivers. These are enhanced for improved sound etc. Do I need to reinstall these drivers after the clean or does 2.0 DC just remove the ATI driver attachments??

**Spike** · Sep 6, 2003, 03:34 PM

It is a cleaning tool with a lot of cleaning options. So you can select Turtle beach or ati or nvidia and a lot more. Just look around in it.

dogin · Sep 6, 2003, 03:51 PM

I see the light! Thanks Spike

Vortex2 · Sep 6, 2003, 11:20 PM

Alright, I got a small problem. I'm on Windows 98 SE, and getting illegal operation/inf error while trying to install new drivers. So I used DriverCleaner for the first time, and can't find a way to install new drivers (typing this at 640x460 256 colors

)

I searched the readme file, and came up with this:
--------------------------------------------
Important on Windows 98
--------------------------------------------
ATI:
After the uninstall of the drivers and control panel check if windows set the display adapter to Standaard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA).
If windows set it to Standaard Display Adapter (VGA) than it is highly possible that you wil get an infsetup error when you install the new ATI display driver.
If you get this error set the display adapter to Standaard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) and than install the drivers.

But I quite don't seem to get what I'm supposed to do now. Could you please enlighten me a little? I'm sort of new to this stuff...

alfredodeu · Sep 7, 2003, 06:52 AM

Hallo Spike ,

i have a Problem with Cleaner 2.0 my System is German and my Programfiles Dir ist c:\Programme
please Change your Program to variable %programfiles%

Special thanks

alfredodeu
.

**Spike** · Sep 7, 2003, 09:30 AM

alfredodeu I will fix that in my next version. I can't use that what you said, but i have an idea.

Vortex2 goto control panel and than system. There you will see display adapters. In there your videocard so be with the name Standaard Display Adapter (VGA) click on that and click update driver than select from the list Standaard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA). Than reboot and than you should be able to install ne drivers.

Did you also tried to install new drivers in safe mode or in the normal windows?

~~HawK~~ · Sep 7, 2003, 09:39 AM

Hi Spike I used your 2.0 DC as in the readme (safemode) but I still have the choice between the new 3.7cat.s and Omega's 24.74?
So i checked the inf folder and OEM8.inf still hold the inf for omega's (Base INF Last Updated on 07/20/2003 by Omegadrive)
Is this normal ? & can I delete oem8.inf safely ?

kimi40 · Sep 7, 2003, 09:42 AM

I`ve noticed that if i use the driver cleaner to clean creative audio, it will delete all creative files including the c:\program files\creative directory.

Somehow this is bad cause the new windvd5 contains creative dvd audio plugin which is located at C:\Program Files\Creative\CTDPlugin\

Just to mention it. Other than that problem, it works great. Thanks.

**Spike** · Sep 7, 2003, 11:42 AM

Hawk, yes you can delete that file.

Kimi40 i will fix that for the next release.

shima · Sep 7, 2003, 05:24 PM

After running Driver Cleaner 2.0, and cleaning all nVidia related options, I am no longer able to install any new drivers! This is not a flame! I just want some help PLEASE!

I have an MSI GeForce FX5600. I have, as of date, tried installing these drivers:

nVidia 45.23
MSI version 44.03

Running them from the included setup.exe's, and upon restarting, the drivers are not loaded. Infact, there is no trace of them even being installed.

Installing them from the Device Manager (under "?" video adapter), and selecting the inf's results in a "Setup could not find the ...... in the selected INF".

Does anyone have any idea whats wrong?

[edit] the method I used to remove the options is as follows:

Normal Mode under Windows XP (SP1), Add/Remove nVidia drivers, before clicking [OK] to reboot, I ran driver cleaner, and cleaned out all nVidia related options. Then I clicked OK to reboot. Upon reboot, is when I encountered this problem.

BTW, does coolbits work at all with 45.23 DET's?

**Spike** · Sep 7, 2003, 05:46 PM

I have no idea how to fix it. The beta tester by me had no problems, but he followed the steps in the readme. Did you enabled the backup options? Also after removing the drivers you must always reboot and than run Driver Cleaner. That is all explained in the readme or in the help file.

BWX · Sep 7, 2003, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by shima

Normal Mode under Windows XP (SP1), Add/Remove nVidia drivers, before clicking [OK] to reboot, I ran driver cleaner, and cleaned out all nVidia related options. Then I clicked OK to reboot. Upon reboot, is when I encountered this problem.

Why didn't you do it in safe mode? I thought yopu were supposed to run DC in safe mose to get rid of the protected files..

**Spike** · Sep 8, 2003, 09:05 AM

Yes BWX that is right. Also when you uninstall drivers and don't reboot than files are still registered by windows and windows doesn't allow those to be removed. In safemode windows does not controle drivers. That is why i included that steps system.

inet · Sep 10, 2003, 04:54 AM

I like to see DriverCleaner clean the Realtek Audio '97 codec so that the driver can be uninstalled properly

I think around 50% of all AMD boards have Realtek Audio drivers installed or can be installed on it, this would benefit quite a few people!

Great program btw :/

**Spike** · Sep 10, 2003, 08:40 AM

inet i can work on that. Can you give a link where i can download the driver and can you look in your registry for keys that belong to it?

Sep 5, 2003, 10:31 AM	#1
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Driverheaven - Driver Cleaner 2.0 Driverheaven - Driver Cleaner 2.0 Here is new release of Driver Cleaner. Now the name is Driver Cleaner 2. There are a lot of changes in this version. I worked 1 month on it and I am satisfied with the outcome. Below you find a list of the things that are changed since 1.9: Improved: - ATI cleaning file - nVidia cleaning file - nForce cleaning file beta Added: - Turtle Beach cleaning file beta - ATI Uninstall Utility cleaning file - Driver Cleaner Advanced version - Deleted File and Directory Backup and Restore function - Deleted Registry Backup and Restore function - Log File option - Options Menu - Cleaning Wizard - Cab Cleaner Integrated into Driver Cleaner (access through tools menu) Removed: - VIA Chipset cleaning file (still not working good) IMPORTANT: uninstall the older version first before you install this version. It is for nVidia, ATI, Creative and Turtle Beach. It will remove anything that is left by the drivers after uninstall. Special thanx to 1 beta tester, Craig aka MrThc he really supplied me with good testing data. From the rest I haven't heard anything. You can download the new version here. If you use Driver Cleaner either for personal or business use and wish to support development so i can continue to improve this product, please donate some money. Every little bit helps in my long hours of developing this tool to further aid the community. See the Driver Cleaner website for a link or check the readme or help file for more details. Spike __________________

Sep 5, 2003, 12:09 PM	#2
Aspect "Amusing Comment Here" Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Birmingham UK Posts: 232 Rep Power: 0	And here it is __________________

Sep 5, 2003, 01:52 PM	#4
RIV@NVX Freedom is a feature. Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Croatia, Rijeka Posts: 4,476 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I tested it today with 3.6's and 3.7's and it works just great. Thanks, Spike. __________________ -- Vedran

Sep 5, 2003, 04:07 PM	Thread Starter #7
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	It is not needed to do it again. DC1.9 is also a good version. In DC2 the new options like backup and restore are good for people that like the idea that they can restore the things DC deletes. The adjustments on the cleaning files are just small things. But for next time i suggest you use DC2 it has some new cleaning files also. Maybe download it and just take a look arond in it. __________________ Last edited by Spike; Sep 5, 2003 at 04:13 PM.

Sep 5, 2003, 04:33 PM	Thread Starter #9
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Thanx Rayder. I will keep improving it. __________________

Sep 5, 2003, 01:49 PM	#3
cOoLeRgUy DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	aww...... damn.. i just installed 1.9 yesterday. well, wonderful job once again.

Sep 5, 2003, 02:00 PM	#5
dipstick HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,609 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Thx bud, this has become one of my favorite and most indispensable programs. Works great with both ATi and nVidia drivers, awesome work and thx again

Sep 5, 2003, 03:34 PM	#6
tdd DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Boca Raton, Florida Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	Spike: I used the last version (I guess its v1.9) to install the Cat. 3.7's. They seemed to install OK but who knows. Would I be better off going back and doing it over again with Driver Cleaner 2.0? BTW, keep up the good work. Thanks

Sep 5, 2003, 04:18 PM	#8
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,161 Rep Power: 73	Hmm, I installed 1.9 just yesterday to see if it would make any difference to the Cat 3.7 (all-in-one package) install, since I was having some game-related problems (reported to ATI feedback) with the set. I used both Cab Cleaner and Driver Cleaner. This was the very first time I have used Driver Cleaner and although it didn't make any difference to the problems I had with the 3.7's, I CAN say that I now have the cleanest install of the 3.5'hotfix' drivers short of reformatting. I was surprised at the amount of leftover files it found to remove. My previous method had always been to just remove the control panel and install the new driver set, but since I'm going to try out the Omega set based on the 3.7's when it gets released, this program may come in handy if Omega's doesn't work out for me. I will continue to use this program in the future, it seems very well-made, very straight forward and easy to use. Keep up the good work.

Sep 5, 2003, 06:10 PM	#10
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	I get this half way through using Driver cleaner 2 (Cab cleaner) every single time. Don't know why. (in safe mode) __________________ Last edited by BWX; Sep 5, 2003 at 06:16 PM.

Sep 5, 2003, 06:14 PM	#11
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Spike...you have outdone yourself, sir!

Sep 5, 2003, 06:44 PM	Thread Starter #12
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	BWX i will look into cab cleaner to see where it comes from. What does cab cleaner do in normal mode? __________________

Sep 5, 2003, 09:19 PM	#14
Iridium DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: St. Louis, MO. Posts: 402 Rep Power: 0	So, Cab cleaner only needs to be run once correct, whereas drivercleaner should be run before every new driver install right? Or should I run Cab cleaner before every new install too? __________________ [color=navy]Win XP-Home Sp 2[/color] [color=blue]P4 3.2c @ 3.52 @1.6v w/SLK-900U[/color] [color=royalblue]Abit IC7-G BIOS Rev. 27[/color] [color=deepskyblue]1GB Corsair XMS XL Pro @ 2.5/3/2/6 1:1 @ 220FSB[/color] [color=lightblue]XFX 6600GT @ 585/1175 w/Stock Cooling[/color] [color=lightblue]74gb Raptor/40gb WD Caviar[/color] [color=lightblue]Ultra-X Connect 500w[/color] [color=white]3DMark03[/color],[color=white]PCMark04[/color]

Sep 5, 2003, 10:37 PM	Thread Starter #15
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Cab Cleaner should indeed be run once. Driver Cleaner needs to be run everytime you want to install a new driver. Run Driver Cleaner after you uninstalled the drivers. Follow the steps in the readme file. __________________

Sep 6, 2003, 03:07 PM	#16
dogin DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: dark side Posts: 69 Rep Power: 0	Have heard nothing but good about this tool so am downloading now to try it on the next 3.8 install. Have a question about what it does to Turtle Beach Sana Cruz files. I am using the new TB beta 4193 drivers. These are enhanced for improved sound etc. Do I need to reinstall these drivers after the clean or does 2.0 DC just remove the ATI driver attachments??

Sep 6, 2003, 03:34 PM	Thread Starter #17
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	It is a cleaning tool with a lot of cleaning options. So you can select Turtle beach or ati or nvidia and a lot more. Just look around in it. __________________

Sep 6, 2003, 03:51 PM	#18
dogin DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: dark side Posts: 69 Rep Power: 0	I see the light! Thanks Spike

Sep 6, 2003, 11:20 PM	#19
Vortex2 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Alright, I got a small problem. I'm on Windows 98 SE, and getting illegal operation/inf error while trying to install new drivers. So I used DriverCleaner for the first time, and can't find a way to install new drivers (typing this at 640x460 256 colors ) I searched the readme file, and came up with this: -------------------------------------------- Important on Windows 98 -------------------------------------------- ATI: After the uninstall of the drivers and control panel check if windows set the display adapter to Standaard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA). If windows set it to Standaard Display Adapter (VGA) than it is highly possible that you wil get an infsetup error when you install the new ATI display driver. If you get this error set the display adapter to Standaard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA) and than install the drivers. But I quite don't seem to get what I'm supposed to do now. Could you please enlighten me a little? I'm sort of new to this stuff...

Sep 7, 2003, 06:52 AM	#20
alfredodeu DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Hallo Spike , i have a Problem with Cleaner 2.0 my System is German and my Programfiles Dir ist c:\Programme please Change your Program to variable %programfiles% Special thanks alfredodeu .

Sep 7, 2003, 09:30 AM	Thread Starter #21
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	alfredodeu I will fix that in my next version. I can't use that what you said, but i have an idea. Vortex2 goto control panel and than system. There you will see display adapters. In there your videocard so be with the name Standaard Display Adapter (VGA) click on that and click update driver than select from the list Standaard PCI Graphics Adapter (VGA). Than reboot and than you should be able to install ne drivers. Did you also tried to install new drivers in safe mode or in the normal windows? __________________

Sep 7, 2003, 09:39 AM	#22
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	Hi Spike I used your 2.0 DC as in the readme (safemode) but I still have the choice between the new 3.7cat.s and Omega's 24.74? So i checked the inf folder and OEM8.inf still hold the inf for omega's (Base INF Last Updated on 07/20/2003 by Omegadrive) Is this normal ? & can I delete oem8.inf safely ?

Sep 7, 2003, 09:42 AM	#23
kimi40 HardwareHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 34 Rep Power: 0	I`ve noticed that if i use the driver cleaner to clean creative audio, it will delete all creative files including the c:\program files\creative directory. Somehow this is bad cause the new windvd5 contains creative dvd audio plugin which is located at C:\Program Files\Creative\CTDPlugin\ Just to mention it. Other than that problem, it works great. Thanks.

Sep 7, 2003, 11:42 AM	Thread Starter #24
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Hawk, yes you can delete that file. Kimi40 i will fix that for the next release. __________________

Sep 7, 2003, 05:24 PM	#25
shima DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	After running Driver Cleaner 2.0, and cleaning all nVidia related options, I am no longer able to install any new drivers! This is not a flame! I just want some help PLEASE! I have an MSI GeForce FX5600. I have, as of date, tried installing these drivers: nVidia 45.23 MSI version 44.03 Running them from the included setup.exe's, and upon restarting, the drivers are not loaded. Infact, there is no trace of them even being installed. Installing them from the Device Manager (under "?" video adapter), and selecting the inf's results in a "Setup could not find the ...... in the selected INF". Does anyone have any idea whats wrong? [edit] the method I used to remove the options is as follows: Normal Mode under Windows XP (SP1), Add/Remove nVidia drivers, before clicking [OK] to reboot, I ran driver cleaner, and cleaned out all nVidia related options. Then I clicked OK to reboot. Upon reboot, is when I encountered this problem. BTW, does coolbits work at all with 45.23 DET's?

Sep 7, 2003, 05:46 PM	Thread Starter #26
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	I have no idea how to fix it. The beta tester by me had no problems, but he followed the steps in the readme. Did you enabled the backup options? Also after removing the drivers you must always reboot and than run Driver Cleaner. That is all explained in the readme or in the help file. __________________

Sep 8, 2003, 09:05 AM	Thread Starter #28
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	Yes BWX that is right. Also when you uninstall drivers and don't reboot than files are still registered by windows and windows doesn't allow those to be removed. In safemode windows does not controle drivers. That is why i included that steps system. __________________

Sep 10, 2003, 04:54 AM	#29
inet DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 109 Rep Power: 0	I like to see DriverCleaner clean the Realtek Audio '97 codec so that the driver can be uninstalled properly I think around 50% of all AMD boards have Realtek Audio drivers installed or can be installed on it, this would benefit quite a few people! Great program btw :/

Sep 10, 2003, 08:40 AM	Thread Starter #30
Spike Driver Cleaner Maker Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Netherlands Posts: 2,088 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	inet i can work on that. Can you give a link where i can download the driver and can you look in your registry for keys that belong to it? __________________