Windows – How to completely remove a game controller driver

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Ages ago I plugged a fake PS3 controller which installed a Plug-And-Play driver labeled as "PLAYSTATION(R)3Conteroller", yup, including the typo.

Now whenever I connect an original controller this fake driver takes it's place, making it impossible to work properly.

If I uninstall this driver in the "Device Manager" there's no "Delete" option and it will come back to life once I reconnect the controller. If I uninstall and manually delete the driver files (hidclass.sys, hidparse.sys and hidusb.sys) they will still return when the controller is connected again.

In the Device Manager it shows up as "HID-compliant game controller".

Thank you

OS: Windows 8.1 Pro x64

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Best Answer

With Device Remover I was able to get rid of the fake driver completely, afterwards I installed the correct driver.

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