Remove Ghosted Devices

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.

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
DEVMGMT.MSC

Microsoft Article 269155