Hidden and remote device in Windows Device Manager to display
Created by Solip on Thursday 10 June 2010
The device manager of Windows can be moved since 2000 with Windows environment variables to really view them all. These include the hidden devices, and not (any longer)-present hardware. Very useful to clean up problems.
To obtain this view is given to the following two environment variables (in the system, not the user)
set_devmgr_show_hidden_devices
set_devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices
each having the value 1.
Restarting the Device Manager then brings the desired result. "Show hidden devices" option continues to fulfill its purpose!