Background:
Recently, every time I try to install new Nvidia drivers from GeForce Experience, they fail with an error message along the lines of "A newer version is already installed", which is not true, but it requires uninstalling the previous drivers and then installing the new ones.
Yesterday or the day before, my C drive SSD somehow became so full that I couldn't download something, so I cleared out the Nvidia driver folders to make some space. Apparently, I deleted the DLLs for the current driver version, so now I can't uninstall the current drivers (because installercore\NVI2.dll is not found) . Furthermore, I tried uninstalling with RevoUninstaller, which apparently didn't uninstall it but blew it away from Programs and Features, so I can't even try uninstalling again after replacing the DLL.
New drivers fail to install even if I download them directly from the website and select "custom" and check the "clean installation" checkbox.
Not sure what to try next.