winget install --id=xHybred.NVPIRevamped -e NVPI Revamped is a fork of Nvidia Profile Inspector that adds quality-of-life improvements, UI enhancements, classic dark modes, and additional features for managing Nvidia driver profiles on Windows.
NVIDIA Profile Inspector Revamped (NVPI-R) is a modern, actively maintained fork of the classic NVIDIA Profile Inspector by Orbmu2k.
It edits the profiles inside the NVIDIA driver database. Profiles ship with the driver, but you can also create your own for games and applications that NVIDIA does not provide one for. Everything the NVIDIA Control Panel & NVIDIA App exposes is available here, plus the many hidden and undocumented driver settings it doesn't.
> This is a fork, not the original project. It shares the same purpose and driver database, but the UI, > setting organisation and feature set have diverged significantly.
NVPI was abandoned for years while the community built separate forks with different improvements. NVPI Revamped was created to combine those efforts into one maintained tool and to keep pushing it forward.
The goals are:
| Area | NVPI Revamped |
|---|---|
| UI | Complete WPF rewrite with a custom title bar, top toolbar or side rail, and a resizable settings grid |
| Themes | Six built-in themes: Onyx, Midnight, Vanta, Ember, Slate and Clean White |
| Density | Modern, Compact and Classic layouts, plus Modern/Classic text rendering |
| Window effects | Mica, Mica Variant, Acrylic, Glass and Disabled backdrop modes |
| Settings sources | Common (CSN), Driver API, Driver Constants, Reference and Predefined Scan, all individually toggleable |
| Search | Full-text filter with advanced source/value filters, filter presets, modified-only mode and search across modified profiles |
| Editing | Inline value editors, bit editor, favourites, setting descriptions, copy to clipboard, per-profile reload and discard |
| Profiles | Create, delete, import and export profiles, drag-and-drop .nip files, and OS file association |
| Games | Built-in installed-game detection for Steam and Epic, with a searchable game library |
| Updates | Built-in updater with Release and Prerelease channels |
| Window handling | Saved window placement is validated against your current monitors and recovered automatically (7.3.2+) |
| Quality of life | Command palette, keyboard shortcuts, single-instance import forwarding, crash logs, high-DPI support |
Onyx Theme | Modern Density | Top Toolbar
Midnight Theme | Classic Density | Top Toolbar
Vanta Theme | Compact Density | Side Rail
NVPI-R only edits NVIDIA driver profiles. It is not a GPU overclocking tool, a driver installer, or a replacement for the NVIDIA Control Panel.
nvidiaProfileInspector.zip from the Releases page.NVPI-R.exe and accept the elevation prompt.The app is portable by default. To update, close the app and extract a newer release over the same folder,
or use the built-in updater (About > Check for updates).
Settings are stored in:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\nvidiaProfileInspector\settings.xml
If a settings.xml exists in the folder you launch the app from, that file is used instead. This is useful
for keeping a self-contained portable copy, for example on a USB drive.
Deleting settings.xml resets the interface to defaults. It does not touch your driver profiles.
Changes are written to the NVIDIA driver database, not to a game's configuration files. Restarting the game is usually enough for new settings to take effect.
> Hidden driver settings can affect stability, anti-cheat behaviour and image quality. Change one thing at a > time and use Discard if a change causes problems.
.nip files with merge or replace modes..nip files onto the window, or open them directly from Explorer.The appearance menu is available from the title bar.
The app can check GitHub releases for updates and install them in place. Choose the Release channel for stable builds or Prerelease for early builds. Update checks can be disabled in the About dialog.
| Shortcut | Action |
|---|---|
Ctrl+F | Focus the search box |
Ctrl+K | Open the command palette |
Ctrl+S | Apply changes |
Ctrl+R | Reload profiles from the driver |
Ctrl+Alt+D | Toggle developer mode |
Esc | Clear the current filter |
Double-click a setting name | Copy the setting ID |
Enter in the modified-profiles box | Open the highlighted profile |
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
file.nip | Import a profile file, forwarding it to a running instance if one exists |
-mergeImport | Merge imported profiles with existing ones |
-replaceImport | Replace existing profiles with the imported ones |
-silentImport, -silent | Import without bringing the main window to the front |
-showOnlyCSN | Start with only customised settings visible |
-disableScan | Skip the initial predefined scan |
-exportCustomized | Export all customised profiles to a timestamped .nip file next to the executable, then exit |
-createCSN | Write the bundled CustomSettingNames.xml to the current directory |
-mock | Run with the mock driver (development only) |
-useSoftwareRendering | Disable hardware acceleration |
-disableTransparency | Disable window transparency effects |
The app is running but no window is visible
This was a known issue in older 7.3.x builds when a saved window position referred to a monitor that no longer existed. As of 7.3.2.0, window placement is validated against the current desktop and recovered automatically, including for an already-running invisible instance.
If you are on an older build, close the app and delete:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\nvidiaProfileInspector\settings.xml
"No compatible NVIDIA driver was detected"
Make sure the NVIDIA driver is installed and that the app is running as administrator. Laptop GPUs that are powered down by the vendor's MUX/optimus software can also trigger this.
Settings do not stick
Press Apply Changes (Ctrl+S). Changes are only written to the driver database when applied.
Logs
Crash reports and diagnostic logs are written to:
%LOCALAPPDATA%\nvidiaProfileInspector\Logs
Requirements:
dotnet build nvidiaProfileInspector\nvidiaProfileInspector.csproj -c Release
The output is placed in nvidiaProfileInspector\bin\Release\net48\. The entry point is NVPI-R.exe.
The release workflow builds with MSBuild and packages the net48 output as nvidiaProfileInspector.zip.
See .github/workflows/release.yml for the exact steps.
Thanks to everyone who reported bugs, documented settings and helped test releases.
MIT. See LICENSE. Original work copyright (c) 2016 Orbmu2k.
This tool is free and always will be. If it saves you time, you can help cover the hardware, tools and games used for testing:
