Windows 10: I connect Capture Card by USB port and I accidently remove device I have no idea how to...

I just bought a new capture card and at first it works fine until I open Devices and Printers menu and I accidently removed my capture card device and now I'm struggling to get it back...

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removing devices from USB ports

Hello Jessen P,

Thank you for your response. My problem is that there is no icon on the taskbar for me to click on to eject rany device from this laptop. I did run the command that someone had suggested and I did get the remove device icon on the taskbar and I did click
on it and I ejected the hard drive which was plugged into the USB port. Now however, since doing this, that icon is gone now. What happened to the icon that was always there on Windows XP and Windows 8.1 in order to eject devices? Where did it go? I want to
ask you something. In Settings, under Connected Devices, I did see the hard drive listed there and if I clicked on it, it said remove device. Does this mean that I can use this to eject anything that is in a USB port? Or does it mean that if I click on remove
device, that the USB port will be permanently deleted? I see in the forum that so many people are having the exact same problem and am wondering why Microsoft isn't addressing it for everyone. I am afraid that I will ruin the USB port on this laptop if I just
keep pulling out the plug without ejecting it. Please let me know your answer and thanks again.

Loretta

 

USB Port Oddities


Ok, let's see it with pictures step-by-step. First right-click on the USB device and select Update driver software:





Then select Browse my computer for driver software (LAST option) :





The select Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer (LAST option) :





Then select the standard driver from the list and click next:





Click next/OK as required to complete installation. Repeat the steps for all Intel USB devices. Finally click on each USB root device and press DEL to delete it, reply YES when asked. After deleting all USB root devices restart the computer.

I hope this is detailed enough...

 

mapping USB ports?

Like many people, I have had some issues with different devices connected to USB 3 ports. But I don’t know which physical USB port corresponds with which device in this list, so I can’t really focus on the right drivers and/or chips.

Back in the old DOS and early Windows days, we had physical ports with clear names like LPT: and COM1: - COM4: and it was easy to know which port had which DOS name. I would like to do the same with USB, but it's not so easy.

There are external USB ports built into the back of my motherboard, and USB port headers on my motherboard and on an adapter card. These headers connect to USB ports on my system case, in an internal flash card reader device, on my keyboard and on my monitor. It's great having all those USB ports, but it's hard to manage them.

Here is part of my Device Manager report on my system:





Any suggestions for tools and techniques?