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Unknown device may be listed on systems with GPIO support

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Symptoms

On a Windows 8 or Windows RT system which has support for General-Purpose I/O (GPIO), you may notice that the following device is listed under "Unknown devices" in Device Manager:

{30ebfbf8-df5f-4d4d-9fc5-a26c7fd1df4a}\GPIO_Buttons

This device only appears when you choose "View" > "Show hidden devices" in Device Manager.

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Cause

This device is intentionally created by the "GPIO Button Driver" (msgpiowin32.sys).

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Resolution

The presence of this device is by design.

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Article Info
Article ID : 2803143
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/7/2017
Published on : 1/24/2013
Exists online : False
Views : 668