#180 Arduino Nano ESP32 "no compatible drivers" on Windows

[Thomas Pomphrey]

Sketch uses 285825 bytes (9%) of program storage space. Maximum is 3145728 bytes.
Global variables use 30732 bytes (9%) of dynamic memory, leaving 296948 bytes for local variables. Maximum is 327680 bytes.
C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Arduino15\packages\arduino\tools\dfu-util\0.11.0-arduino5/dfu-util --device 0x2341:0x0070 -D C:\Users\Tom\AppData\Local\Temp\arduino_build_172333/Blink.ino.bin -Q
dfu-util 0.11-arduino4

Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2021 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to http://sourceforge.net/p/dfu-util/tickets/

Error message from Arduino IDE:
Cannot open DFU device 2341:0070 found on devnum 28 (LIBUSB_ERROR_NOT_FOUND)
No DFU capable USB device available
the selected serial port No DFU capable USB device available does not exist or your board is not connected

Get Board Info:
BN: Arduino Nano ESP32
VID: 2341
PID: 0070
SN: 3485187B5614
Windows 10 Device Manager
Port
Serial Port Com 5 (Arduino Nano ESP32)

Other devices
Device Status
    Arduino DFU Properties
    The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
    There are no compatible drivers for this device.
To find a driver for this device, click Update Driver.

Device USB\VID_2341&PID_0070&MI_00\9&1f845411&0&0000 was configured.

Driver Name: null
Class Guid: {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Driver Date:
Driver Version:
Driver Provider:
Driver Section:
Driver Rank: 0x0
Matching Device Id:
Outranked Drivers:
Device Updated: false
Parent Device: USB\VID_2341&PID_0070\3485187B5614

Fails to Upload sketch. Appears to have no affect on the program loaded and running from the factory.
Board purchased directly from Amazon but box and board labeled as ARDUINO NANO ESP32
Arduino: 1.8.19 (Windows 10), Board: "Arduino Nano ESP32"

the selected serial port No DFU capable USB device Available does not exist or board in not connected.

[Tormod Volden]

This is not the fault of dfu-util but a driver installation problem. dfu-util (through libusb) can only access the device if a supported driver like e.g. WinUSB has been installed for the device.

    The drivers for this device are not installed. (Code 28)
    There are no compatible drivers for this device.
To find a driver for this device, click Update Driver.