How to Restart a USB Port

Uwe_Sieber

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Shows how to use IOCTL_USB_HUB_CYCLE_PORT to restart a USB port under Windows

Shows how to find a USB device in the Windows Device Management by a given Device Instance ID, determine the used USB port number, get its parent device (its USB hub), open the hub and perform the IOCTL_USB_HUB_CYCLE_PORT call.

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How to Restart a USB Port

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