From: Manu Abraham <abraham.manu@gmail.com>
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Hi Bob,

You might want to check the VID/PID of the device, why it does not
bind to the driver.
Maybe you could possibly bind the device manually, by associating the VID/P=
ID.

Cheers,
Manu

On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 9:25 PM Bob Blick <bobblick@outlook.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Wouter,
> Interesting. If it doesn't need a driver, and it does show in Device Mana=
ger as the correct items, perhaps the PICkit2 application software is confu=
sed by the 36 other items listed as HID-compliant devices(whatever they may=
 be) as opposed to Win7 only showing the entries associated with PICkit2.
> I suppose nobody uses the PICkit2 anymore, otherwise I would expect more =
people would be having the same problem as me. Since I don't do any new dev=
elopment with PICs, I'm not going to go out and buy a new programmer.
> Thanks for the reply!
> Best regards, Bob
> ________________________________________
> From: Wouter van Ooijen
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 12:41 PM
> To: Bob Blick
> Subject: Re: [PIC] PICkit 2
>
> Op 28-Jan-20 om 6:00 PM schreef Bob Blick:
> > I am trying to use a PICkit 2 and the PICkit 2 v2.61 application under =
Windows 10. I got it to work once. Now it is invisible to the PICkit2 softw=
are. In Device Manager I believe it is showing up as a USB input device. I =
tried removing that device but when I plug the PICkit2 back in it shows up =
the same way. Due to my poor understanding of Windows directory structure I=
 can't seem to find the actual driver folder for the PICkit2 to try to forc=
e a particular driver.
> >
> > I've got two PICkit2's and cables and they both do the same thing. They=
 work on a Windows 7 machine but that machine has a dying hard drive so I r=
eally can't use it very much longer.
> >
> > Anyone been here before and gotten their PICkit2 to work?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Bob
>
> Not been there, but my pcikit2 (might be a Chinses clone) works like a
> charm on W 10.
>
> It shows as a "HID-compliant vendor-defined device". IIRC a HID device
> on W doesn't need a driver.
>
>
> --
>
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>
>
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