Jean-Pierre Paradis's Blog: How display or remove disconnected USB Device

Did you ever want to see witch USB drivers are installed on your computer, but you don’t have the device at hand to connect it ?

I know it’s not a new solution, but i keep forgetting about it, so I decided to make a post about it.

Here’s what to do :

Start > Run > Execute
cmd
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
start devmgmt.msc
View > Show hidden devices 

You could be surprise to see how many hidden drivers you have installed under disk drives and mobile devices.

Source : support.microsoft.com