I ran into the following solution to get rid of those ghost
network adapters that you can’t see in windows.
From time to time when working with VMs, windows will ghost a NIC and it
will be still in the windows config but you can’t see it anywhere or remove
it. The following allows you to see it
and the ability to remove it if needed.
- Run the following two commands from an
administrative command prompt:
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
devmgmt.msc - This will launch the device manager. Choose View | Show Hidden Devices from the menu bar.
- Find the non-present NIC(s) under Network Adapters section (usually the first one in the list of NICs).
- Right-click it and choose Uninstall.
I can't take credit for this one myself, I found this solution on a Microsoft web site after doing a search. I had been looking for this for a LONG time and finally found it today.
