SOMETHING BROKE

Device icons and names

If devices you plug in show as 'Unknown device' or get the wrong icon, lets Windows fetch device information from the manufacturer again.

What to do

  1. Open w0a
  2. Go to the Fix page in the left menu
  3. Type cihaz into the search box
  4. Press the button on the Device icons and names card

What the card's answer means

After you press it, the card writes a line underneath. Which line you get decides your next step.

What this card actually does

If devices you plug in show as 'Unknown device' or get the wrong icon, lets Windows fetch device information from the manufacturer again.

Every repair card writes back the Windows default unconditionally; it does not depend on a backup of w0a's own existing. So it also helps if some other tool was what changed your machine.

If it did not help

If the card said it fixed something and the problem is still there, these settings were not the cause. Write to us — tell us which card you ran and what it printed; the two together are what narrows it down.

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