Uninstall Device from powershell

windows powershell automation device device-manager
ndocds picture ndocds · Mar 11, 2020 · Viewed 9k times · Source

I run automation that installs a preset OS /w Drivers and configuration. I inherited the automation second hand and there's a lot to it. I have a system with hybrid graphics and it hands on verifying the display drivers. Now, I can walk over to the machine, open device manager, right click on one of the graphics devices, click uninstall (i do not delete the driver files) and then the automation continues. Once its done, the system restarts and both device drivers are back. I am wondering if there is a powershell command i can run to do the same task through automation?

what do you guys think!

Answer

programmer365 picture programmer365 · Mar 11, 2020

You can do this using WMI instance:

get-wmiobject -Query "select * from win32_systemdriver where caption=`"THING_TO_REMOVE`"" } | ForEach  { $_.StopService()
$_.Delete()
 }

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