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[center]Installing a Driver when there's no Installation .EXE file to run[/center]
Drivers typically download as an EXE or ZIP file...
When a driver downloads as an .EXE file, you only need double click the .EXE. The EXE file installs the driver for you
If a driver downloads as a .ZIP file: Extract the content and save to a folder on your Desktop. Open the folder and look if there's a Setup.exe file
Drivers typically download as an EXE or ZIP file...
When a driver downloads as an .EXE file, you only need double click the .EXE. The EXE file installs the driver for you
If a driver downloads as a .ZIP file: Extract the content and save to a folder on your Desktop. Open the folder and look if there's a Setup.exe file
If you see a Setup.exe double click to run it
But if the top level of the folder doesn't include a Setup.exe installation file, try directing Windows to the folder you want it to install
TIP: fyi.... When you use this method to direct Windows
> Windows is looking for .INF files in the folder (Windows ignores EXE files in this case. It looks for INF files to tell it how to do the install)
> If there are no INF files in the folder, Windows won't even let you select the folder when you Browse in step 4
- On occasion the setup file may be named something else
- If you happen to see a file named Uninstall.exe, ignore it. It's the uninstaller, not the installation EXE
But if the top level of the folder doesn't include a Setup.exe installation file, try directing Windows to the folder you want it to install
- Open Device Manager. Right click the the device you want to install. Select Update Driver
- Click No, not this time then Next
- Click Install from a list or specific location then Next
- Check Include this location in the search then Browse to the folder you saved on your Desktop (I.e. the extracted ZIP file) then Next
- If Windows thinks the driver in the folder is a match for the device you selected, it will install it. Reboot to allow driver installation to complete
TIP: fyi.... When you use this method to direct Windows
> Windows is looking for .INF files in the folder (Windows ignores EXE files in this case. It looks for INF files to tell it how to do the install)
> If there are no INF files in the folder, Windows won't even let you select the folder when you Browse in step 4
