Windows operating system contains a tool that allows manipulation with system drivers stored in .INF and .CAT files. The operation requires Administrator privileges.
Command to install the driver:
pnputil /add-driver my-driver.inf /install
The correct installation display the following result:
Microsoft PnP Utility Adding driver package: my-driver.inf Driver package added successfully. Published Name: oem3.inf Total driver packages: 1 Added driver packages: 1
To verify the result you can plug the device and it should pick the correct driver. The system copied content from my-driver.inf to C:\Windows\INF\oem3.inf. The number in file name might be different.
The remove the driver from the system and perform uninstallation of the driver from devices type following command:
pnputil /remove-driver my-driver.inf /uninstall
Expected result:
Microsoft PnP Utility Driver package deleted successfully.