ATi Tool foolishly installed..

[GanjaSMK]

Foolishly I installed a very old version of ATi Tool and now....

Hopefully someone will read this thread and have an answer. I have Windows 7 Professional x64 and installed ATi Tool to run a couple of quick benchmarks, not realizing it would install a device into the device manager. I would like to *completely* remove it but do not want to uninstall the device manually for fear of other registry settings affecting it once it has been removed. So:

Can someone tell me how to completely remove the device in device manager, along with any other left-over remnants of the program (files, reg settings, etc)???!???

I would sooooo greatly appreciate it!

 

[the54thvoid]

No idea if this will help but you could try Driver Sweeper from guru3D. It might locate all the files you want to remove..... worth a try.

 

[TIGR]

Welcome to TPU!

Driver Sweeper will set you straight.

 

[erocker]

Driver sweeper will get rid of ATi driver files, not ATi tool.

For ATi tool, uninstall it. Deleted from the device manager if necessary. If there is any remnance of it in the registry it will be under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-->Software

HKEY_CURRENT_USER-->Software

Check in your "Program Files" folder for any remaining ATi Tool folders and delete them

Done.

 

[GanjaSMK]

Great replies, many thanks.

I will definitely check the reg.. just soooo time consuming! =) And I guess I'll just have to remove the device manually in device manager. I was however, (lol) looking for an all-in-one solution specifically for removing ATi Tool. =)

 

[W1zzard]

I was however, (lol) looking for an all-in-one solution specifically for removing ATi Tool. =)

you could write a batch file / cmd / .reg script and post it here for the other people who may run into this issue

 

[TIGR]

Driver sweeper will get rid of ATi driver files, not ATi tool.

Whoops, right you are. One of those days.... :shadedshu

 

[Polarman]

Why would you use ATI tool in the first place? CCC ain't enough?

 

[GanjaSMK]

hehe =)

Why would you use ATI tool in the first place? CCC ain't enough?

I do not have an ATI video card. I am a long time fan of Nvidia though soon to make a switch, however, not quite yet and as such I do not have CCC drivers.

No batch file for me as I doubt it would be able to remove everything. But it is a good suggestion. I still think DOS was pretty amazing...