Remove Ghosted Devices

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Removing a device from your computer does not remove the device driver from Windows. If you even want to remove a device from windows that has been physcially removed from the computer then you can do so by:

  • Click Start, click Run, type cmd.exe, and then press ENTER.
  • Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1, and then press ENTER.
  • Type Start DEVMGMT.MSC, and then press ENTER.
  • Click View, and then click Show Hidden Devices.
  • Expand the Network Adapters tree.
  • Right-click the dimmed network adapter, and then click Uninstall.


Microsoft Article 269155