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title: Device Manager Hacks
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updated: 2008-07-15 00:08:39 +0200
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To show a 'Details' tab in device's properties, add the system environment variable `DevMgr_Show_Details` and set it
to "1".

To also show non-active devices, add `DevMgr_Show_NonPresent_Devices` and also set it to "1".