Microsoft Windows Device Manager
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Windows Device Manager is a Windows Control Panel program.
- You can use Device Manager to view a list of hardware devices installed on your computer and set properties for each device.
Show Hidden Devices in Device Manager
Manually perform the following:
- In a Command Prompt (
Start > Run > cmd
orWindows key + r > cmd
) enterset devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 devmgmt.msc
- With the Command Promt open, run Device Manager (Control Panel or in Command Promt
devmgmt.msg
) and selectView>Show hidden devices
Now you can see all devices, including ghost devices.
Windows Batch File
Create a file and give it a name ending in .bat
.
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 devmgmt.msc devmgmt.msc pause
Run the file then select View>Show hidden devices
in the menu.