Comments on: Device Cleanup Tool: Remove all Non-present devices from Windows PC

By: JumpingJackFlash

JumpingJackFlash — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:48:00 +0000

As stated this is based on “the ‘last used’ time comes from the write time of the device’s registry key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetEnu” as stated above.
The time was likely incorrect on your system when those devices were first connected but at any rate that’s a OS problem and not a problem with the application.

By: XxCometaxX

XxCometaxX — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:06:00 +0000

In reply to IonU. Run as administrator.

By: Jjonas808

Jjonas808 — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 09:19:00 +0000

If I sort by last used, it says the oldest are only 6 hours old. That’s total BS as this is a custom built PC I’ve been building & working on for ~6 YEARS.

By: IonU

IonU — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:11:00 +0000

Anyone know why Device cleanup tool would say (restricted) at the top and not allow one to remove non-present devices?

By: matrushko

matrushko — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 12:55:00 +0000

How can I know if I am deleting some drivers that i DO need indeed?

I think this is a pretty dangerous (or tedious, in case you have to recover the driver, not always easy) for dummies so…. in mi case for example it shows more than 600 !!