How to uninstall hidden devices, drivers using device manager?
Today tip will help you to display the hidden devices in system Device Manger. Normally windows device manager displays the information about the hardware that ever been recognized by windows, whether it is currently present in the computer or not connected to the computer (for example USB or any other removable devices). The "Show hidden devices" option on View menu would not display the all hidden information, so you can force your system to display the detail of all hidden drives.
Follow the given steps to display the all hidden information in device manager:
To edit the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with administrative rights.
Click Start button and type CMD in Run option then press Enter for next.
At the command prompt, type the following command and press Enter button.
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
Here again type the following command at command prompt and then press Enter button.
start devmgmt.msc
Now in the Device Manager Console go to View menu and select the "Show hidden devices" option.
Now expand the different devices and drivers option in devices manger and you will find the devices which have been loaded in the past.
When you finish troubleshooting, close Device Manager and also exit from command prompt to clear the opened sessions.
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