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DDU

What is DDU?

Section titled “What is DDU?”

Display Driver Uninstaller is a program that can fully wipe display/audio drivers, to troubleshoot various issues.

Note

DDU does not erase any personal files. It only wipes the selected driver and associated software.

Installing DDU

Section titled “Installing DDU”

  1. Download DDU, from the green “Download Mirror section” (The EU/USA servers dont matter)

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  2. Right click and extract the .zip file you just downloaded.

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  3. Double-click on the .exe in the newly extracted folder, then click “Extract” in the dialog. A new folder containing Display Driver Uninstaller.exe will be created.

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    Warning
    Do not move, modify, or delete any files associated with DDU

  4. Boot in safe mode

  5. Open Display Driver Uninstaller.exe inside the newly created “DDU vX.X” subfolder from Step 3.

    Warning
    Some applications are inaccessible from the downloads folder. So if you get an “File Inaccessible” error message in Safe mode, try moving the extracted folder in Normal boot to a more direct folder like directly in the C drive.

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Wiping Display Drivers

Section titled “Wiping Display Drivers”
Warning

Make sure you are in Safe Mode for the following steps.

Your Display Resolution Will decrease because Windows will revert to the failsafe “MsDisplayAdapter Driver”

Laptops or integrated graphics

Section titled “Laptops or integrated graphics”

To wipe display drivers for laptops/devices with onboard graphics: Select the “GPU” device type from the drop-down list on the right.

  • Select the Clean and do NOT restart option for the first driver, then the Clean and restart option for the second driver. Any GPU driver can be wiped first, the order is irrelevant.

Desktops with a dedicated GPU

Section titled “Desktops with a dedicated GPU”

To wipe display drivers from a dedicated GPU: Select the “GPU” device type from the drop-down list on the right, select the GPU driver you wish to uninstall, and click Clean and restart

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Reinstalling Display Drivers

Section titled “Reinstalling Display Drivers”

Custom-built desktops

Section titled “Custom-built desktops”

Go to your GPU manufacturer’s website (NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, or Qualcomm) and download the most recent GPU/VGA/Display driver for your device.

Laptops/pre-built desktops

Section titled “Laptops/pre-built desktops”

Go to the model’s support page on your manufacturer’s site, and download the latest available display drivers.

Important

For devices with multiple graphics processors, download both the integrated and dedicated GPU drivers. Install the integrated GPU drivers first, followed by the dedicated GPU drivers.