Paste the following command in the command prompt – TAKEOWN /F “C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository” /R ICACLS “C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository” /T /L /GRANT *S-1-1-0:F RD /s /Q “C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\” Press the –Enter. During ...
Before a driver can be installed, it must first be injected into the driver store which is located under C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository. All files that are in the driver package are considered critical to the device installation.Advertisements When a driver package is copied to ...
I was reading here about removing the folder %SystemDrive%\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository on Vista to free up space, but I'd like some other opinions. Has anyone done this, and if so what happens? The article says, "The directory stores backup copy of the built-...