Windows 10: Old intel display extension iigd_ext.inf

Windows 11 22H2 build 22621.1413 update always install old intel display extension iigd_ext.inf even if I have the latest Intel Display driver 31.0.101.4146 ,I Just need to know can I delete these old drivers.Thanks

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Driver updates via Windows Update, more and more Extension Infs.

Hello everybody,

I noticed that e.g. for Intel UHD drivers which are updated via Windows Update, more and more extension drivers are added. Other hardware (such as Realtek Audio) have also some extension drivers, but here they are at least replaced instead of accumulated.

Apart from the fact that driver updates that are so frequent cause me some discomfort (in the long run problems have to arise) is this accumulation of Extension Infs very ugly.

Generally, these extension drivers are somewhat unclear.
For example, I have the experience that they are sometimes not updated outside of windows update (i.e. automatically or via the device manager) until the "main driver" is removed and reinstalled.
If, on the other hand, I only update the "main driver", the old Extension Infs are simply adopted ... a nice mess.
Especially if you should have deactivated driver updates via WU - via WU they will be updated properly or accumulated... like in the case of Intel.

Here is a list of the updates of the last 5 months - 3 extensions have now become 6!




Can please someone explain the thing with this Extension Infs to me?
And why are these piling up with the Intel UHD drivers?

Thanks and greetings,
Martin

 

Extension INF drivers - when and how are they uninstalled?

Hello everybody,

now that I finally know why several drivers are installed in the device manager for some devices with/for the same device ID*, the question arises how these Extension INFs are managed.

For example, I have an Intel UHD 620 which has been getting extensions via Windows Update from time to time - there are already 5 pieces that have accumulated.
Even after a new driver (also received from WU) nothing changed - the extensions are still used, (according to the events in the device manager).

Are the extension drivers "dragged along" forever?
Or should they be uninstalled from an extension update or driver update?

Thanks and greetings,
Martin

* If you ask yourself that too - I can recommend a good video:
https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Wi...derstanding-Extension-INFs-and-Component-INFs

 

Driver updates via WU (Windows 10), more and more Extension Infs. Does anyone still know their way around?

Hello everybody,

I noticed that e.g. for Intel UHD drivers which are updated via Windows Update, more and more extension drivers are added. Other hardware (such as Realtek Audio) have also some extension drivers, but here they are at least replaced instead of accumulated.

Apart from the fact that driver updates that are so frequent cause me some discomfort (in the long run problems have to arise) is this accumulation of Extension Infs very ugly.

Generally, these extension drivers are somewhat unclear.
For example, I have the experience that they are sometimes not updated outside of windows update (i.e. automatically or via the device manager) until the "main driver" is removed and reinstalled.
If, on the other hand, I only update the "main driver", the old Extension Infs are simply adopted ... a nice mess.
Especially if you should have deactivated driver updates via WU - via WU they will be updated properly or accumulated... like in the case of Intel.

Here is a list of the updates of the last 5 months - 3 extensions have now become 6!



Can please someone explain the thing with this Extension Infs to me?
And why are these piling up with the Intel UHD drivers?

Thanks and greetings,

Martin