NVidia

[Glenn]

E-Mail from nVidia Customer Care:

"The nStantMedia application is not officially part of the decoder pack. It's free trialware until the official launch of nStantMedia in the future."

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=48110

[Rik]

Stranger and stranger. What do you reckon, ZIP and wait for a complaint?

[Glenn]

It can't do any harm

[Rik]

That was my feeling. I just wish I knew how it came to be there.

[Steve]

I wonder if drive sweeper would find it? I always used to use that when upgrading NVidia drivers

[Glenn]

It may have been packaged with a different program, just like toolbars are these days.

[Rik]

I wonder if drive sweeper would find it? I always used to use that when upgrading NVidia drivers

Tell me more, Steve.

[Rik]

It may have been packaged with a different program, just like toolbars are these days.

That's my thought, maybe Nero or Power DVD.

[Supanova]

Whenever you download nvidia drivers it will create that folder to store the non-extracted files in. Some graphics programs that are specifically designed to run with nVidia cards also use this folder as a kind of dumping ground while they are installing.

If you are worried about installed drivers then you can use a driver sweeper, just google around and download a free one. I have used them before and they find all sorts of cr*p a driver uninstall doesn't remove.

As this folder is supposed to hold unextracted folders for use during an install you should be able to rename the folder/delete it without any problem or complaints.

If anything different happens do let us know because I would be curious about anything odd happening.

[Rik]

Thanks, will do...

[Steve]

Tell me more, Steve.

Guru3d Drivesweeper I used to use when Nvidia did not have a proper uninstaller for their drivers, so any upgrade would often fail due to the remnants left behind . It was also useful for ATI & Creative soundcards. I think in your case you got decoder software nStantmedia.exe so probably doesn't apply.

[Rik]

I did, Steve.