Inspiron 3650, BIOS update, amifldrv64.sys

You might want to read this. Since it appears you already have the .sys file on your desktop (assuming it's just not a shortcut to that file), start with Step 4 in Method 1 at that link..

Before you begin, manually set a System Restore point to be safe. :Idea:

Don't willy-nilly delete a file that might be essential for your PC to work.

Is that desktop icon the actual file or just a shortcut? Right-click the icon and select Properties.

Have you confirmed this file is in both of the folders indicated in that tutorial? And -importantly- even if a file with that name is already in both folders, do both of those copies have the exact same version number, date, etc (eg, Properties) as the new one that suddenly appeared on your desktop?

Search in Win 10 for: hidden files and folders 
Open that screen and set it to "Don't show hidden...", if not already set that way. If you make that change, does the desktop icon disappear? And in that case, I'd leave it alone.

Well, this tutorial seems to be for people who are experiencing errors related to a corrupted or missing ''amifldrv64.sys'' file which is not my case.

My computer is booting normally and I'm not experiencing any issues or problems with my computer since the BIOS update from yesterday so I'm a bit hesitant about following this tutorial. :(

I simply don't understand why this ''amifldrv64.sys'' file was created right away on my desktop when I launched the 3.5.2.exe file and it would be nice to know if anybody else encountered the same thing and if it's safe to delete this file.

It's the actual file on my desktop, not a shortcut and the file is in none of the folders indicated in that tutorial. I even disabled the recommended option ''hide protected operating system files'' and enable "show hidden files, folders, and drives" , lunched a search (of course I made sure that the system files weren't excluded from the search) and I even browsed myself the content of both folders from the tutorial and I can confirm that the only ''amifldrv64.sys'' file on my system is the one that was created yesterday on my desktop by the 3.5.2.exe file.

Now I've re-enabled the recommended option ''hide protected operating system files'' and re-disabled  "show hidden files, folders, and drives" and the file is still there on the desktop but I decided to select the ''Hidden'' attribute inside the ''amifldrv64.sys'' file's properties and at least now the file is invisible.

I'm just reluctant to follow the tutorial because I'm afraid it could cause issues such as preventing my system to boot so I guess the best thing to do like you said is to leave it alone.

Same issue here, updated to latest Bios, successful, but now the amifldrv64.sys file on desktop...can I delete this file???

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@The Beatkat wrote:

Same issue here, updated to latest Bios, successful, but now the amifldrv64.sys file on desktop...can I delete this file???

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Do you  have the same model PC and version of Windows as the OP? 

I would not delete that file. You can right-click the desktop icon for the file, select Properties and mark it as "hidden", just like the OP did...

I pinged my Dell tech contacts and here's what they suggested:

Manually set a System Restore point to be safe. :Idea:

Then rename the amifldrv64.sys file in both the sysWOW64 and System32 folders, eg to amifldrv64.old. Now copy the new amifldrv64.sys file that appeared on the desktop after the BIOS update into those same 2 folders, keeping the .sys name. Reboot the PC.

Assuming the PC is working correctly after the reboot, rename the new file on the desktop to amifldrv64.new and reboot once more. Assuming the PC is again working correctly, you can either delete the desktop file, or just move it off the desktop into a folder somewhere, keeping the .new file name.

Same thing happened to me on my Aurora R5 upgrade to bios 1.0.17. I checked the above listed folders and that file does not reside in either one, sysWOW64 or System32 folders.

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@peterde wrote:

Same thing happened to me on my Aurora R5 upgrade to bios 1.0.17. I checked the above listed folders and that file does not reside in either one, sysWOW64 or System32 folders.

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If that that file isn't in those two folders, does it exist in any other folders, aside from being on the desktop?

You could still try the steps I posted above, except you won't have to rename any old files since they don't exist in those two folders. So just start by copying the new desktop file into the two folders after manually setting a System Restore point...

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Just out of curiosity, has anyone deleted the amifldrv64.sys file ? and if so, what was the outcome ?