How To Install Driver Windows 10 Manually

If you're using the complimentary version of Driver Piece of cake, information technology will automatically download driver updates for you lot, and you lot need to install them manually. In this article, nosotros show you how.

1) InCommuter Easy, click the downward triangle next to Update for the commuter you lot want to update, then select Open File Location.

2) If the file has a ".exe" extension, yous can just double-click it, and follow the on-screen prompts. Otherwise, click the address bar to select the full accost, and then press the Windows logo key and C at the aforementioned fourth dimension your keyboard to re-create the address to your clipboard.

3) On your keyboard, press the Windows logo fundamental and R at the aforementioned time to invoke the Run box. Type devmgmt.msc in the run box and click the OK push to open up Device Manager.

4) In Device Manager, expand the categories and locate the device that you lot wish to update the commuter for. In this example, we're looking for Realtek Sound, which is in the "Sound, video and game controllers" category.

Note: Your device may be in a different category.

Notation: For some devices, the device proper name displayed in Driver Easy may be different from what's shown in Device Managing director. If you're in dubiousness, click on the device name in Driver Piece of cake. The Driver Data box will popular upwardly, showing the full device name that you should be looking for in Device Director.

5) In Device Manager, correct-click on the device name and click Update driver (in your case, this may exist Update Driver Software…)

6) Select Browse my computer for driver software.

7) Paste the location address you copied in step 2 into the location field, then click Next.

8) Wait until the driver installation process completes.

ix) In one case the driver is installed successfully, a window will pop up and allow you know Windows has successfully updated your drivers.

Windows says "The best drivers for your device are already installed"?

If you lot get a bulletin saying "The best drivers for your device are already installed", don't worry. Sometimes Windows thinks you already take the latest driver when you don't. This is pretty mutual – particularly with older devices.

If y'all get this message, you tin still update the driver:

1) On your keyboard, press the Windows logo key and R at the same time to invoke the Run box. Type devmgmt.msc in the run box and click the OK button to open up Device Manager.

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2) In Device Manager, expand the categories and locate the device that you wish to update the driver for. Right-click on the device name and click Update driver (in your case, this may be Update driver software…)

three) Select Browse my figurer for driver software.

4) Click on Allow me selection from a list of available drivers on my computer.

5) Click Have Disk…

six) Paste the address you copied fashion dorsum at step 2 into the location field, and click OK.

7) Click Next.

8) If you get the following alert, click Yes to finish updating the driver.

Pro Tip: Updating your drivers manually takes fourth dimension and requires meaning figurer skills. If you don't have the fourth dimension, patience or computer skills to updating your drivers manually, you can use the Pro version of Driver Like shooting fish in a barrel. With the Pro version, you tin update all your drivers with simply 2 clicks.