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Device Manager view secret hidden ones

There are Secret Hidden Devices available for viewing in Device Manager

Go to :- "Control Panel", "System" icon, "Hardware" tab and select "Device Manager". Select "View" Then” Show hidden devices.”

Now there are also “ Phantom Devices”, which you can temporarily display

To view these you need to be at the command Prompt Window If you have a CMD Icon click that, if not,

Go to:- "Start", "Programs", "Accessories" Select "Command Prompt" Icon there

When the window opens at the chevron > first type CD\ and press Enter ( This takes you to a new line where you need to type the following without the quotes. "set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" ( Take care to include the underscores [By holding down Shift and pressing the Hyphen key { The one next to the zero on the numbers row }]

When you are sure that you have typed it correctly press the Enter key. This will again start a new line, at which again type the following without the quotes. "start devmgmt.msc" And press the Enter key.

Now a normal window will open, and here Select "View" and Show hidden devices. You can see devices that are not connected to the computer. –

You will need to close the CMD window by clicking the “ X “ at the top right-hand corner.

Note:- When you close the command prompt window, Windows clears the "devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1" variable that you set and prevents phantom devices from being displayed when you next select "Show hidden devices".  