Enable-PnpDevice

The Enable-PnpDevice cmdlet enables a Plug and Play (PnP) device. You must use an Administrator account to enable a device. Note: This command can only be used through PowerShell. More information: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/pnpdevice/enable-pnpdevice.

Enable a device:

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'RETRIEVED USING Get-PnpDevice COMMAND'

Enable all disabled PnP devices:

Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.Problem -eq 22} | Enable-PnpDevice

Enable a device without confirmation:

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'RETRIEVED USING Get-PnpDevice COMMAND' -Confirm:$False

Dry run of what would happen if the cmdlet runs:

Enable-PnpDevice -InstanceId 'USB\VID_5986&;PID_0266&;MI_00\7&;1E5D3568&;0&;0000' -WhatIf:$True