![]() ![]() If that doesn't work, any fixes to the driver store is beyond me. In any case, that's my reasoning behind my best guess for my suggested fix. (Also, given that file usbstor.sys already exists in the folder it belongs) So, I'm guessing (and hoping) simply restoring the usbstor.pnf and usbstor.inf files to C:\Windows\inf may be sufficient to fix this driver problem so the USB Mass Storage driver can be located and installed. Unless the registry is also screwed up, DevicePath always includes folder C:\Windows\inf. If not found, Windows then searches other locations including DevPath in the registry. ![]() MS Technet documentation tells me for Vista and Win 7, upon Plug and Play hardware detection, Windows first searches the driver store looking for a matching driver. DevPath has the same syntax as the environment PATH variable which tells windows where to search for cmd executables) DevPath instructs Windows the sequence of folders to search for drivers. For the case of good ol' XP, on plug and play hardware detection Windows searches for drivers based on registry entry DevPath. The Windows' driver store (which started with Vista) is, admittedly, a construct I still don't fully understand.Īs a sidebar for windows geeks: as I understand it.
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