Comments on: Generate a List of Installed Drivers from the Command Line

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:01:00 +0000

Just to let you know there is a typo on this line:

driveryquery > test.txt

Dont think the extra “y” is correct.

I would have noticed it and not typed but i thought it would be good to change.
I love these tips and how tos.
Thanks

Jan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:14:42 +0000

Hi all,

Even without cygwin installed, you can have the info saved into a textfile.

Just type (in Vista) “driverquery > C:\Users\\Desktop\drivers.txt” (without quotes of course and replace with your own Windows account).

Anyways, thanks for a very useful site with many very handy tweaks and tips! Much appreciated.

Greetings,

Jan

travis — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:17:23 +0000

XP has a grep like util called findstr.exe, very useful when combined with the pipe. For example:

driverquery /v | findstr /i vmware

will show you only vmware drivers for example. There’s also a “show lines that do not match” switch:

driverquery | findstr /iv 8/4/2004

will show you all drivers that do NOT have a link date of 8/4/2004. It’s a fair replacement for grep IMHO.
-T

teslarage — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:31:31 +0000

Thank you for sharing, very useful

Goliax08 — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 15:55:55 +0000

After i type in “driverquery /v” it runs successfully but i cant enter in any more lines after that. (its like my command prompt doesnt respond)