Opened 10 years ago
#13875 new defect
Uninstaller doesnt remove all drivers
| Reported by: | dmex04 | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | installer | Version: | VirtualBox 4.3.22 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | other | Host type: | Windows |
Description
Hello,
The VirtualBox uninstaller on Windows does not remove the following drivers even after multiple reboots:
VirtualBox Host-Only Ethernet Adapter: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\VBoxNetAdp.sys
VirtualBox Bridged Networking Service: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\VBoxNetFlt.sys
This has the added effect of showing these devices to end-users when calling GetAdaptersAddresses and specifying the GAA_FLAG_INCLUDE_ALL_INTERFACES flag.
The uninstaller should add these drivers to the PendingFileRenameOperations registry key allowing Windows to remove them on system restart.

