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Is there a way to search through the Windows 10 Device Manager, e.g. by Hardware ID? (Or is there another tool that can do this?)
I know (part of) the Hardware ID of a device I have, e.g. it starts with "USB\VID_1C88". My suspicion is that this device is causing trouble, so I want to uninstall all drivers associated with it.
BlackShift
Posted 2018-09-11T07:41:59.763
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I used a tool called Hardware Identify . It lists all installed hardware devices on the computer and displays information about each device. You could check the device name by Hardware ID like this below:
daidai
Posted 2018-09-11T07:41:59.763
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That is certainly a useful tool. It only shows devices actually attached though. So any disconnected USB device will not show up, even if the drivers are installed :-(. – BlackShift – 2018-09-11T14:18:47.593
1Device Manager have no tool which searches over device properties. Look in registry,
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USBandHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\DriverDatabase\DeviceIds\USB. – Akina – 2018-09-11T07:51:34.730Thanks @Akina, it is kinda hard to go from the registry information back to the device manager, but doable. – BlackShift – 2018-09-11T08:10:33.347