What is ‘Nvidia Driver not installing’ issue in Windows 11?

If you are experiencing Nvidia Driver not installing in Windows 11 when you try to install NVIDIA Driver, then you are in right-place for the solution. You are provided here with easy steps/methods to resolve the issue. Let’s starts the discussion.

‘Nvidia Driver not installing’ issue:

It is common Windows Problem considered as NVIDIA Driver Installation issue. This issue indicates you are unable to install NVIDIA driver in your Windows 11 computer for some reasons. If you are not aware, NVIDIA drivers are used for NVIDIA Graphics Card/GPU that is installed in your computer. It acts as mediator between your NVIDIA graphics card and operating system installed in computer. For example, if you have NVIDIA GPU integrated/attached into Windows 11 64-bit OS based computer, then NVIDIA graphics card driver must be installed in computer accordingly.

However, several users reported they faced Nvidia Driver not installing in Windows 11 when they tried to install NVIDIA driver. One possible reason behind the issue can be the issue with NVIDIA driver installer file itself. It might possible you have downloaded incompatible version of NVIDIA driver in computer and want to install the same. You should make sure the driver is compatible with your NVIDIA graphics card model integrated/attached, and Windows OS version like Windows 11 64-bit if you don’t want to face this type of issue.

Some common ‘Nvidia Driver not installing’ errors:

• “this NVIDIA graphics driver is not compatible with this version of Windows”
• “NVIDIA Installer failed”
• “GeForce Game Ready Driver Installation can’t continue”
• “NVIDIA Installer cannot continue”

How to fix Nvidia Driver not installing in Windows 11?

Method 1: Download and install NVIDIA Driver of compatible and correct version from NVIDIA official site

Step 1: Open your browser and visit NVIDIA Driver downloads official page or visit ‘https://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us’ page

Step 2: Based on your system and NVIDIA product, chose the appropriate driver and then click ‘Search’ to continue

Step 3: Click ‘Download’ button to download the driver and once downloaded, double-click on downloaded driver setup and follow on-screen instructions to finish installation.

Method 2: Restart your computer

Sometimes, this type of issue is occurred due to some temporary issue in Windows computer. You can fix the temporary issue just by restarting your computer in order to fix this issue, and then check if the issue is resolved.

Method 3: Uninstall the current driver and then try reinstalling

You can uninstall all the previous NVIDIA driver in computer and then reinstall it in order to fix.

Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ app in Windows PC via Windows Search Box and expand ‘Display Adapters’ category

Step 2: Right-click on NVIDIA driver and select ‘Uninstall Device’ and confirm it to uninstall it. After that, repeat ‘Method 1’ to download and install NVIDIA driver in computer and once installed, check if the issue is resolved.

Method 4: Download and reinstall NVIDIA Graphics card driver update in Windows PC [Automatically]

You can also try to update all Windows drivers including NVIDIA graphics card driver using Automatic Driver Update Tool. You can get this tool through button/link below.

⇓ Get Automatic Driver Update Tool

Method 5: Stop all NVIDIA services

Step 1: Open ‘Services’ app in Windows PC via Windows Search Box

Step 2: Find all the services start with NVIDIA, right-click on each one-by-one, and select ‘stop’ to stop the service. Once done, retry reinstalling NVIDIA driver and check if the issue is resolved.

Method 6: Kill NVIDIA Tasks, delete files, and registry entries

Step 1: Press ‘CTRL + SHIFT + ESC’ keys on keyboard to open ‘Task Manager’ app

Step 2: Find and right-click ‘NVIDIA’ relating processes, and select ‘End Task’ option to kill their processes.

Step 3: Now, open ‘File Explorer’ in Windows PC and go to following paths one-by-one and delete the files at the end.

C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvdsp.inf document

C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nv_lh document

C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvoclock document

C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation

C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation

Step 4: Now, open ‘Registry Editor’ app and go to following path one-by-one

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Logging

Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\NVIDIA Corporation\Logging

Step 5: If the registry keys are found, delete them and once done, restart your computer and then retry reinstalling NVIDIA driver, and check if the issue is resolved.

Method 7: Disable your antivirus/firewall

This issue can be occurred due to interference of your antivirus/firewall program installed in your computer. You can fix the issue by disabling your antivirus/firewall program in computer and then check if the issue is resolved.

Method 8: Rename NVIDIA folder

Step 1: Open ‘File Explorer’ in Windows PC and go to Windows Installation drive like ‘C: Drive’ and go to ‘Program Files’

Step 2: Find and right-click ‘NVIDIA Corporation’ folder, and select ‘Rename’ and rename it to ‘NVIDIA Corporation1’ or similar. Once done, check if the issue is resolved.

Method 9: Reset Windows 11

If the issue is still persist, you can perform Windows 11 PC reset in order to fix the issue. You can perform Windows PC reset operation through Settings app and once finished, check if the issue is resolved.

Conclusion

I am sure this article helped you on How to fix Nvidia Driver not installing in Windows 11 with easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.