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Enable-PnpDevice — The Enable-PnpDevice cmdlet enables a Plug and Play (PnP) device. You must use an Administrator acco

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Problem

How to use the Enable-PnpDevice command: The Enable-PnpDevice cmdlet enables a Plug and Play (PnP) device. You must use an Administrator account to enable a device. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/pnpdevice/enable-pnpdevice>.

Solution

Enable-PnpDevice — The Enable-PnpDevice cmdlet enables a Plug and Play (PnP) device. You must use an Administrator account to enable a device. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/pnpdevice/enable-pnpdevice>.

Enable a device:

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'RETRIEVED USING Get-PnpDevice COMMAND'

Enable all disabled PnP devices:

Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.Problem -eq 22} | Enable-PnpDevice

Enable a device without confirmation:

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'RETRIEVED USING Get-PnpDevice COMMAND' -Confirm:$False

Dry run of what would happen if the cmdlet runs:

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'USB\VID_5986&;PID_0266&;MI_00\7&;1E5D3568&;0&;0000' -WhatIf:$True

Code Snippets

Enable a device

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'RETRIEVED USING Get-PnpDevice COMMAND'

Enable all disabled PnP devices

Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.Problem -eq 22} | Enable-PnpDevice

Enable a device without confirmation

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'RETRIEVED USING Get-PnpDevice COMMAND' -Confirm:$False

Dry run of what would happen if the cmdlet runs

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'USB\VID_5986&;PID_0266&;MI_00\7&;1E5D3568&;0&;0000' -WhatIf:$True

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tldr-pages: windows/Enable-PnpDevice

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