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Use brute-force method to enable a device when disabled by device control programs (e.g anti-virus). This simple script can be used to activate a disk drive even if a device control program is up.
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device-enabler.bat
@echo off
REM download the microsoft devcon app https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/devcon
REM Download x64 if your arch is x64 same for x32
REM change this 'USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_WD&PROD_ELEMENTS_25A2&REV_1021\57584131413438324C384543&0' to your device instace path
REM Run as Administrator
:exec
devcon enable @"USBSTOR\DISK&VEN_WD&PROD_ELEMENTS_25A2&REV_1021\57584131413438324C384543&0"
goto:exec
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