Steps to open Device Manager on Windows

There are many different ways to access Device Manager on Windows. In this article, Software Tips will guide you to open Device Manager in 4 most common ways.

Method 1: Open Device Manager via Start Menu

Start Menu can quickly activate several features on Windows and that includes Device Manager. To open the Device Manager feature, do the following:

Right-click MenuStart and select Device Manager.

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Immediately, Device Manager will appear for you to use.

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Method 2: Open Device Manager through This PC

This PC is the desktop icon available on Windows 10 and they can open a lot of different tools!

Step 1: First, right-click This PC and select Manage.

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Step 2: When the Computer Management window appears, select Device Manager. Here, you can use the full features of Device Manager.

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Method 3: Open Device Manager through the Run window

Besides the usual ways to open Device Manager, you can also choose to open Device Manager through the relatively more complicated Run window.

Step 1: First, open MenuStart and enter Run to open or press Windows + R to open.

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Step 2: When the Windows window appears, enter hdwwiz.cpl and click OK to open Device Manager.

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Method 4: Open Device Manager directly on Start Menu

The last way to open that Software Tips wants to send to you is the way to open it directly on MenuStart, similar to other software.

You proceed to open the Start Menu, enter Device Manager and press Enter.

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The Device Manager window will appear with all the content for you to use.

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In this article, Tipsmake showed you how to quickly open Device Manager on a Windows computer. Have a nice day!

Kareem Winters

Update 09 July 2021