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#83 Ambiguous install docs

v1.2.x
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nobody
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2018-08-31
2014-12-09
gwideman
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Could someone please fix the Installation section of page https://sourceforge.net/p/libusb-win32/wiki/Home/ so that every instruction is clear about which executable or other names it's talking about? Examples:

Filter Driver Installation:

-- "The filters driver is installed by a user friendly GUI installer [...] a GUI for installing the filter driver (Filter Wizard) " Exactly which exe file is the GUI installer?

-- "Run the installer, and follow its instructions." Which executable is THE installer mentioned here?

Device Driver Installation:

-- "The device driver is distributed as a separate package which includes everything to use libusb-win32 for single devices as a normal device driver. The installation of the filter driver is not necessary any more!" Wait, what? Does this mean a user should never install the filter driver that was described in the preceding section? Or just that for some scenarios that previously required a filter driver, it's no longer needed, but other scenarios still use a filter driver? Confusing.

-- "Use the INF-Wizard program to generate.." What's the executable name?

Removing:

-- "To remove device filter driver, run the GUI filter driver wizard to remove it." Which executable is that?

-- "The device driver can not be easily removed from the system. You can however try to use usbdeview http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html to remove the entries." What entries would that be? How do you know which ones to remove?

I am really hoping this page can be clearer, because though this component is so useful, it's so easy to mess these steps up, and USB is devilish to troubleshoot. And as mentioned, there's no simple uninstall process, at least for the device driver, to back out mistakes or trial runs.

Discussion

  • Xiaofan Chen

    Xiaofan Chen - 2018-08-31

    Closing old entry. Please use libusb-win32 mailing list for future discussions.

     
  • Xiaofan Chen

    Xiaofan Chen - 2018-08-31
    • status: open --> closed
     

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