How to Uninstall

Below you will find instructions for
Windows, and
Linux.

To uninstall WinDriver, follow these steps:

1. Close any open WinDriver applications, including DriverWizard, the
   Debug Monitor (wddebug_gui.exe) and any user-specific
   applications.

1. If you created a Kernel PlugIn driver 
   • If your Kernel PlugIn driver is currently installed,
     uninstall it using the wdreg utility:

     
wdreg -name <Kernel PlugIn name> uninstall
 

     NOTE
      

     The Kernel PlugIn name should be specified without the
     *.sys extension.

    

   • Erase your Kernel PlugIn driver from the
     %windir%\system32\drivers directory.

1. Uninstall all Plug-and-Play devices (USB/PCI/PCMCIA/CardBus) that have
   been registered with WinDriver via an INF file: 
   • Uninstall the device using the wdreg utility:

     
wdreg -inf <path to the INF> file uninstall


    

   • Verify that no INF files that register your device(s) with
     WinDriver’s kernel module (windrvr6.sys) are found in
     the %windir%\inf directory.

1. Uninstall WinDriver: 
   • On the development PC, on which you installed the
     WinDriver toolkit 

     Run Start | WinDriver | Uninstall, OR run the
     uninstall.exe utility from the
     WinDriver\ installation directory.

     The uninstall will stop and unload the WinDriver kernel module
     (windrvr6.sys); delete the copy of the
     windrvr6.inf file from the %windir%\inf\
     directory; delete WinDriver from Windows’ Start menu;
     delete the WinDriver\ installation directory (except for
     files that you added to this directory); and delete the
     short-cut icons to the DriverWizard and Debug Monitor utilities
     from the Desktop.

   • On a target PC, on which you installed the WinDriver
     kernel module (windrvr6.sys), but not the entire
     WinDriver toolkit 

     Use the wdreg utility to stop and unload the driver:

     
wdreg -inf <path to windrvr6.inf> uninstal


     NOTE
      

     When running this command, windrvr6.sys should reside in
     the same directory as windrvr6.inf.

      

     (On the development PC, the relevant wdreg uninstall
     command is executed for you by the uninstall utility.)

   NOTE
    

    

   • If you attempt to uninstall WinDriver while there are open
     handles to the WinDriver service (windrvr6.sys or your
     renamed driver), or there are connected and enabled
     Plug-and-Play devices that are registered to work with this
     service, wdreg will fail to uninstall the driver. This
     ensures that you do not uninstall the driver while it is being
     used.

    

   • You can check if the WinDriver kernel module is loaded by
     running the Debug Monitor utility
     (WinDriver\util\wddebug_gui.exe). When the driver is
     loaded the Debug Monitor log displays driver and OS
     information; otherwise it displays a relevant error message.

     On the development PC, the uninstall command will delete the
     Debug Monitor executables; to use this utility after the
     uninstallation, create a copy of wddebug_gui.exe before
     performing the uninstall procedure.

1. If windrvr6.sys was successfully unloaded, erase the following
   files (if they exist): 
   • %windir%\system32\drivers\windrvr6.sys

    

   • %windir\inf\windrvr6.inf

    

   • %windir%\system32\wdapi<version>.dll for the
     WinDriver version that you are uninstalling (for example,
     wdapi1120.dll — for version
     11.2.0).

    

   • %windir%\sysWOW64\wdapi<version>.dll
     for the WinDriver version that you are
     uninstalling (for example, wdapi1120.dll
     — for version 11.2.0) (Windows x64).

1. Reboot the computer.

1. Verify that the WinDriver driver modules are not being used by another
   program: 
   • View the list of modules and the programs using each of them:

     # /sbin/lsmod

    

   • Identify any applications and modules that are using the
     WinDriver WinDriver driver modules. (By default, WinDriver
     module names begin with windrvr6).

    

   • Close any applications that are using the WinDriver driver
     module(s).

    

   • If you created a Kernel PlugIn driver, unload the Kernel PlugIn
     driver module:

     
# /sbin/rmmod <kp_xxx_module>


1. Uninstall WinDriver —
   • If you installed WinDriver using one of the
     WinDriver Debian or RPM installation packages,
     you can uninstall (remove) it using the Linux Software Center,
     or from the command line, using root privileges — for
     example: 
     • To uninstall the 32-bit Debian package —

       #
sudo dpkg -r windriver-11.2.0-1.i386


     • To uninstall the 64-bit RPM package —

       # sudo
rpm -e --scripts windriver-11.2.0-2.x86_64



    

   • If you installed WinDriver manually,
     run the following command to unload the WinDriver driver
     module(s):

     # /sbin/modprobe -r windrvr6 

1. If you created a Kernel PlugIn driver, remove it as well.

1. Remove the file .windriver.rc from the /etc directory:

   rm -f /etc/.windriver.rc

1. Remove the file .windriver.rc from $HOME:

   # rm -f $HOME/.windriver.rc

1. If you created a symbolic link to DriverWizard, remove the link using
   the command

   # rm -f /usr/bin/wdwizard

1. Remove the WinDriver installation directory using the command

   # rm -rf <path to the WinDriver directory>

   (for example: # rm -rf ~/WinDriver).

1. Remove the WinDriver shared object file, if it exists:
   /usr/lib/libwdapi<version>.so
   (32-bit x86 or 32-bit PowerPC) /
   /usr/lib64/libwdapi<version>.so
   (64-bit x86) for the WinDriver version that you are
   uninstalling (e.g., libwdapi1120.so — for version
   11.2.0).