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adavies [Performing a Clean Installation of the driver]
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-On some occasions errors within Knald are due to cached shaders that the driver hasn't compiled correctly or are corrupted in some way. Whenever you install a new driver we always recommend that you perform a clean installation and delete any cached shaders if they are present on your system.+On some occasions errors within Knald or Lys are due to cached shaders that the driver hasn't compiled correctly or are corrupted in some way. Whenever you install a new driver we always recommend that you perform a clean installation and delete any cached shaders if they are present on your system.
  
 ===== NVIDIA GPUs ===== ===== NVIDIA GPUs =====
  
 ==== Performing a Clean Installation of the driver ==== ==== Performing a Clean Installation of the driver ====
-  - Download the latest NVIDIA and start the install+  - Download the latest NVIDIA and start the installation process
-  - When you are prompted ​choose "clean installation" rather than the default "express ​installation"​ +  - In the Installation options ​choose "Custom (Advanced)" rather than the default "Express (Recommended)"​. 
-  - Reboot+  - In the proceeding window check the "​Perform a clean installation" ​box and then press the "​Next"​ button. 
 +  - Reboot ​once the installation has been completed. 
 +[{{https://​s3.amazonaws.com/​docs.knaldtech.com/​docuwiki/​clean_driver_custom.png?​nolink|Custom (Advanced) Option}}] 
 +[{{https://​s3.amazonaws.com/​docs.knaldtech.com/​docuwiki/​clean_driver_clean_install.png?​nolink|Clean Installation Option}}]
  
  
 ==== Deleting the Shader Cache ==== ==== Deleting the Shader Cache ====
-  - Go to your NVIDIA control panel> Manage 3D Settings, turn off Shader Cache and hit Apply +  - Go to your NVIDIA control panel> Manage 3D Settings, turn off Shader Cache and hit Apply. 
-  - Reboot your PC +  - Reboot your PC. 
-  - Go to ''​%username%\AppData\Local\Temp\NVIDIA Corporation\NV_Cache''​ and delete the contents of the folder (You can paste that address directly into a Windows address bar) +  - Go to ''​%username%\AppData\Local\Temp\NVIDIA Corporation\NV_Cache''​ and delete the contents of the folder (You can paste that address directly into a Windows address bar). 
-  - Go back to your NVIDIA control panel> Manage 3D Settings, turn On Shader Cache and hit Apply+  - Go back to your NVIDIA control panel> Manage 3D Settings, turn On Shader Cache and hit Apply.
   - Try Knald.   - Try Knald.
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 +[{{https://​s3.amazonaws.com/​docs.knaldtech.com/​docuwiki/​clean_driver_shader_cache.png?​nolink&​768|Shader Cache Options}}]
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