Windows 10: How to enable Device Discovery in Windows 11 Developer Mode

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In this post, we will help you with how to enable Device discovery in Windows 11 Developer Mode. The Device discovery feature helps to discover unmanaged devices such as mobile devices, network devices (like switches and routers), workstations, etc., which are not yet onboarded to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. It also makes your device visible […]

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Can't Enable Developer Mode.

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues in enabling Developer mode. I’ll certainly help you with the issue.



However, please let us know:

• Are you using Windows 10 Home or Pro?
  

As you have mentioned that you are using Windows 10 Home, I would like to inform that Group Policy editor is not available in Home edition of Windows.



However, let me share an article that might help you in enabling Developer mode using Registry Editor. I would suggest you to refer the section
Use group policies or registry keys to enable a device from the article

Enable your device for development.



Note: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow
these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.



Follow the steps to take
backup of registry.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

How to enable developer mode in Windows 10

Hi Roshan,

Thank you for posting in Community.

We are glad to provide the assistance required to help resolve the issue.

For now, I suggest that you perform the steps below to enable Developer Mode via Group Policy and check.

1. Open Group Policy Editor and navigate to the following setting:

Local Computer Policy > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > App Package Deployment

2. You will need to edit and Enable the following two policies

• Allow all trusted apps to install
• Allows development of Windows Store apps and installing them from an integrated development environment (IDE

Hope this helps

 

Cannot keep Network Discovery Enabled.

Hi,

Thank you for the response.

I would suggest that you change the settings in the Firewall to allow Network discovery so that the Firewall stays On while allowing the Network discovery to be enabled.

Follow the steps.

a . Open Control panel.

b. Small icons from the drop down.

c. Click on Windows Firewall.

d. Click on Allow programs or feature through Firewall.

e. Scroll the list and check Network Discovery.

If you need additional assistance then let us know.