Installing older versions of drivers in Windows 11

Posted on by Mr Editor
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Want to rollback your driver on Windows? Don’t know how?

Step 1) Download the driver package

Go to https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com and search for your driver – and download the required version.

Step 2) Attempt installing with the package installers

Start a Powershell in Administrator mode and try installing with Add-WindowsPackage

Add-WindowsPackage -Online -PackagePath "Full path of .cab file"

If this doesn’t work try using DISM to install the package:

DISM /Online /Add-Package /PackagePath:"Full path of .cab file"

Lastly if neither of those work, give up, and use Device Manager in administrator mode:

Device Manager -> Device List -> Device > Uninstall > Attempt to Remove Driver

Device Manager -> Action -> Add Drivers -> Scan download folder for .cab

Why is this so much effort Microsoft!

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