Export and Backup Device Drivers using PowerShell in Windows 11/10

Download PC Repair Tool to quickly find & set up Windows errors automatically

In this postal service, we will see how yous tin export and back up your Device Drivers using PowerShell in Windows xi/10. Windows 11/10 ships with PowerShell which is a command-line shell and scripting linguistic communication, built on the .Net Framework, designed for organization administration, IT professionals and developers. We have already seen a agglomeration of posts where we accept seen how PowerShell can help us simplify carrying out of tasks. You can update Windows Defender definitions, listing Drives, uninstall Universal apps, find scheduled tasks queued status, create Organization Paradigm, create a desktop shortcut to open Windows Shop apps, and fifty-fifty get an Installed Commuter list, to mention a few.

Backup Windows Drivers using PowerShell

Open up PowerShell as an Administrator. To open up an elevated PowerShell prompt, in the taskbar search, blazon powershell. Now run across the event Windows PowerShell which appears on the top. Right-click on it and select Run as Administrator.

We will exist using the Export-WindowsDriver cmdlet to support your drivers. The Export-WindowsDriver cmdlet exports all third-party drivers from a Windows prototype to a destination folder.

In the PowerShell window, blazon the following command and hit Enter:

Consign-WindowsDriver -Online -Destination D:\DriverBackup

Here D:\Driver Backup is the destination folder, where the Drivers will exist exported and saved to.

You can also consign drivers from an offline epitome. This control exports 3rd-party drivers from an offline image mounted at c:\offline-prototype is:

Consign-WindowsDriver -Path c:\offline-paradigm -Destination D:\DriverBackup

A detailed read can be plant at TechNet.

Now take a look at how to generate a list of Disabled Features in Windows x using PowerShell.

You tin can too employ the congenital-in Device Manager to manage, backup, restore your Drivers. Then there are freeware like Double Driver, Driver Fusion, Free Commuter Backup, etc, that help you easily backup and restore drivers.

Anand Khanse is the Admin of TheWindowsClub.com, a 10-year Microsoft MVP (2006-16) & a Windows Insider MVP. Please read the entire post & the comments outset, create a System Restore Point before making whatever changes to your system & be conscientious about any 3rd-party offers while installing freeware.