如果您长期是Windows核心用户，您可能会意识到，您在底层Windows 操作系统^{(Windows OS)}上安装的任何设备驱动程序都存储在名为“DriverStore”的系统文件夹中。它是来自第三方来源的受信任设备驱动程序包的集合。此集合用于验证可以在您的计算机上安装哪些驱动程序。在这篇文章中，我们将回顾一个免费赠品——驱动程序商店资源管理器^{(Driver Store Explorer)}，它可以帮助您管理、列出、添加或删除安装在您 PC 上的设备驱动程序。

^{(Driver Store Explorer)}适用于Windows PC的驱动程序商店资源管理器

Driver Store Explorer是一款免费软件，可让您在Windows 的 DriverStore 文件夹中^{(DriverStore folder of Windows)}管理、列出添加或删除设备驱动程序包。

驱动程序包和 INF 文件

如果需要在 PC 上安装任何设备驱动程序，则必须将其驱动程序包文件复制到DriverStore中。当我们在DriverStore^{(DriverStore)}中添加任何驱动程序包时，它的所有文件都会与一个INF 文件^{( INF File)}一起复制，该文件实际上引用了包中存在的所有其他文件。由于这些文件中的每一个对于驱动程序的安装都至关重要，因此INF文件必须引用^(reference)包中存在的所有文件，以便在安装期间可以在DriverStore中轻松找到这些文件。反过来，如果INF文件引用了包中不可用的文件，则不会将其复制到DriverStore。

将与驱动程序包相关的文件复制到DriverStore称为暂存。为了在 PC 上安装任何设备的驱动程序，必须将其存放在DriverStore中，即所有相应的包文件以及INF 文件^{(INF File)}必须复制到DriverStore。但是，您不能只选择任何驱动程序包并将其复制到DriverStore。在复制文件之前，它需要经过一些完整性和语法检查。以下是暂存期间的简要阶段：

1. 验证：^{(Verification:)}在将驱动程序包复制到DriverStore之前，会根据若干安全检查来验证驱动程序包文件是否已损坏或被篡改。驱动程序包应进行数字签名以通过此检查。
2. 验证：^{(Validation:)}这是验证用户权限并检查包中所有引用文件的INF文件的下一部分。如果发现任何差异，不得复制该包。

使用驱动程序存储资源管理器

下载Driver Store Explorer后，解压缩文件并以管理员权限运行可执行文件 ( Rapr.exe )。

Driver Store Explorer窗口将立即在您的屏幕上打开。单击^(Click) 枚举以列出^(Enumerate)DriverStore位置中所有已复制（和已安装）^{((and installed))}的驱动程序包。列出所有驱动程序包详细信息后，您可以选择^{(Driver Package)}（强制）^((force))删除任何可能造成问题的僵尸驱动程序。

此外，如果您有可用的软件包，您可以使用资源管理器^(Explorer)窗口将其文件复制到 DriverStore。只需^(Just)单击添加包^{(Add Package)}并选择要导入的包文件。除此之外，您还可以从Driver Store Explorer导出包文件。右键单击^{(Right-click)}任何驱动程序条目并选择导出^(Export)以将其保存到本地磁盘。

差不多就是这样。它确实是一个不错的工具，可以从您的系统中添加或删除任何驱动程序包。老^(Old)司机一直坐在系统中消耗内存和资源，所以这可以很方便地摆脱它们。它可能无法删除系统关键驱动程序——这很好！

您可以从github.com下载^(github.com)Driver Store Explorer。

Manage Device Drivers in the DriverStore folder with Driver Store Explorer

If you’re a corе Windows user for long, you might as well be aware that any device driver that you install on your underlying Windows OS is stored in a system folder named “DriverStore”. It is a collection of trusted device drivers packages from third-party sources. This collection is used to validate which drivers can be installed on your computer. In this post, we are going to review a freebie – Driver Store Explorer, which helps you manage, list, add or remove the device drivers installed on your PC.

Driver Store Explorer for Windows PC

Driver Store Explorer is a free software that lets you manage, list add, or remove device driver packages in DriverStore folder of Windows.

Driver Package and INF File

If any device driver needs to be installed on a PC, it has to have its driver package files copied in DriverStore. When we add any driver package in DriverStore, all of its files are copied along with one INF File which actually references all the other files present in the package. As every single one of these files is crucial for driver installation, INF file must reference all the files that are present in the package, so that during installation these can be found easily in DriverStore. In the other way round, if INF file references a file that’s not available in the package, it is not copied to the DriverStore.

Copying the files related to a driver package to DriverStore is called Staging. In order to install a driver for any device on a PC, it must be staged in DriverStore i.e. all the corresponding package files, along with INF File must be copied to DriverStore. However, you can’t just pick any driver package and copy it to DriverStore. It needs to go through a couple of integrity and syntax checks before the files are copied. Below are the brief stages during staging:

1. Verification: Before the driver package is copied to DriverStore, it is verified against several security checks which confirm whether or not the package files are corrupted or tampered with. The driver package should be digitally signed in order to pass through this check.
2. Validation: This is the next part where the user permissions are validated and INF file is checked for all the referenced files in the package. In case any discrepancy is found, the package shall not be copied.

Using Driver Store Explorer

Once you have downloaded Driver Store Explorer, extract the files and run the executable (Rapr.exe) with administrator privileges.

The Driver Store Explorer window will open right away on your screen. Click Enumerate to list all the copied (and installed) driver packages in DriverStore location. Once all the Driver Package details are listed, you can choose to (force) delete any zombie driver that might potentially be creating a problem.

Also, if you have a package available, you can copy its files to DriverStore using Explorer window. Just click Add Package and select the package files to import. Apart from this, you can also export package files from Driver Store Explorer. Right-click any driver entry and select Export to save it to your local disk.

That’s pretty much about it. It is indeed a decent tool to add or remove any driver packages from your system. Old drivers keep sitting in the system consuming memory and resources so this can come quite in handy to get rid of them. It may not be able to delete system-critical drivers – and that is good!

You can download the Driver Store Explorer from github.com.

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