Vendor Name not showing in Device Manager

[krixx]

Hi, I can see my controllers clearly by name in VKB Device Config

And in Devices and Printers

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USBLogView shows no Vendor Name when plugging them in or out

And in Device Manager all I see is a bunch of HID devices

How do I get the correct Vendor Name and type in my device manager list?
Thanks!

[krixx]

bump

[patrick1978]

The names that show up in the device manager are from the inf file that was used to install the drivers for that device.

Since VKB controllers just use the generic windows controller drivers they are named as such.

It may be possible to create a dummy inf file that will give it it's proper name in the device manager but I believe that would also require creating digital signature cat file so window will trust the driver install. So a lot of work just to have the name in the device manager.

Or maybe adding the name in the registry if you could find the right key to edit.

[krixx]

Can this not be done by VKB?

[Alex Oz]

Changing the OEM name of the joystick is possible ( Game Controllers WIN app as an example ).

Taking into account the expected connections of NXT modules to the BlackBox, the total number of devices subject to certification for the driver will be many hundreds. This is unrealistic.
input.inf contains almost nothing from real joysticks - other devices must be described by their own driver package.

[krixx]

Thanks, Alex.

The names show up fine in the Game Controllers list

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But not in the Device Manager - and so also not in device descriptions for binding files in Elite Dangerous. And there the Device name is set by combining the USB VendorID with the Device ID (which I can find in Show_HID.exe). The problem is that the DeviceID changes from time to time (especially after a firmware update).

So I understand that I would need a VKB driver, which would be a wrapper around the standard Windows driver with an inf file with the DeviceDesc in it to do this?
I can't find such a file on https://www.vkbcontrollers.com/pages/downloads , maybe I am missing something?

[Alex Oz]

yes, but such drivers do not exist - because the standard one is used