# VCDS Troubleshooting

##### **I run Windows 11 and VCDS randomly stopped working:**

(See screenshots below)

1. Go ahead and uninstall VCDS.  
    [![image.png](https://www.c7wiki.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-04/scaled-1680-/u8DIeL5jgi3oVUUh-image.png)](https://www.c7wiki.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-04/u8DIeL5jgi3oVUUh-image.png)
2. Once you've disabled this, you can download and re-install VCDS.  
    [![image.png](https://www.c7wiki.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-04/scaled-1680-/joFd6fTiMn6hS0E3-image.png)](https://www.c7wiki.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-04/joFd6fTiMn6hS0E3-image.png)  
    [![image.png](https://www.c7wiki.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-04/scaled-1680-/J0ZtKdhX1el9i022-image.png)](https://www.c7wiki.com/uploads/images/gallery/2025-04/J0ZtKdhX1el9i022-image.png)

**(Credit to D. Bui)**