Let’s fix it now, you are going to see several best ways to fix USB ports. Sometimes these USB ports get disabled, so you are going to see how to enable USB ports with all possible ways in our windows system.
Do your USB ports stop working? Keyboard or mouse connected through USB stop working? Want to fix it then, you are in a right place. In this article “How to enable USB ports in Windows 10“, you’re are going to see the best popular methods that are used to enable USB ports in Windows.
This method works perfectly on windows other editions versions as well.
USB ports are used to do a variety of tasks, connecting your keyboard, mouse, hard drives to charging your cell phone, transferring data but sometimes that USB port stop working properly you can’t use your external hard drives, mouse, and many more devices through USB ports.
Method 1
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How to Enable USB ports via Device Manager?
Step 1: Click on the Start menu, type “device manager” or “devmgmt.msc” and open it.
Step 2: Now, click o “Universal Serial Bus Controller” to see a list of all USB ports on your system.
Step 3: Right-click on disable USB port, then click on the “Enable” option.
In place of the “Disable Device” option you get the option of “Enable Device“. On my computer, every port is working perfectly.
Note: If it doesn’t enable the USB ports, then do right-click and select “Uninstall”. Restart your computer, the window now automatically scans the system and reinstall deleted USB controllers.
Method 2
How to enable USB ports using Registry?
Step 1: Click on the start button, and type “regedit“. Now it shows “Registry Editor” open it.
Step 2: Now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > USBSTOR
Step 3: In USBSTOR you can see the “Start” file do double click on it, a new window opens where you have to enter “3” in the Value Data field.
Step 4: Click “OK” to re-enable your system USB ports.
Hidden Files
In your system, if you’re unable to see the “Start” file in Registry Entry then it is due to disabling view Hidden files.
To Enable hidden files in Window 10:
Step 1: Right-click on the “Start” button, and select “File Explorer” from the option.
Step 2: Now, on File Explorer, click on the “View Tab” and check on the “Hidden items” option.
Method 3
How to enable USB ports using the Power option?
Step 1: Click on start, search for the Power options and open it.
Step 2: Now, select “advanced power settings“.
Step 3: New window gets opened, there you can see “USB settings” click on it and change the settings to Disabled.
Method 4
How to enable USB port in window 10 using Local Group Policy Editor?
This is a little more complex than all other above methods, TechDevilZone suggests you use this method after trying all other methods that we discussed in this article.
Note: In Windows 10 home edition you can’t find Local Group Policy Editor so it does not work in it, but you can enable gpedit.msc in Windows 10 Home edition.
Step 1: Open the run command box from the Start menu or open it by using the shortcut key “Windows+r”, type gpedit.msc in the Run box, and press enter button, it opens the Local Group Policy Editor tool.
Step 2: Now, navigate to the following path:
Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System
In the system find the file Removable Storage Access, and open it. Now after opening you can see two names in the list, 1. Removable Disks: Deny read access and 2. Removable Disks: Deny writes access.
step 3: Double click on both one by one and follow steps, after double click you’ll get another window to configure them, there you can see 3 options on the left side are Not Configured, Enabled, and Disabled. Now click on the Disabled option then click on apply to enable your USB port in your windows 10.
Method 5
How to disable USB port using command prompt?
Step 1: In this method, open the command prompt with the administrator right by using the start menu, and entering the below command in the command prompt.
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\UsbStor/v “Start” /t REG_DWORD /d “3” /f
> You can re-scan the connected USB devices, which make your system install the USB drives
devcon.exe rescan
Method 6
Use Third-party software to enable USB ports on your Windows system
TechDevilZone goes through many third-party software and makes a list of the best software that helps you to Enable & Disable USB ports in the Windows system.
Conclusion
These are the best methods to enable USB ports in the Windows system, sometimes you need to update your windows which updated your all drives, and hence it automatically gets fixed. If you get stuck or need any type of help comment below.
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