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VMvare Workstation 14 and 12: USB devices missing under VM -> Removable devices

Hey guys.

I used to run vmware workstation for connection usb devices into my virtual machines. This functionality stopped working a while ago, and now I started investigating.

OS is Win 10 x64, the USB devices are connected via usb 3.0 hub to a usb 3.0 port on the computer. The devices for passthrough are mixed usb 2 und 3, like a picoscope 3406D (usb 3), flash drive (usb 3), vector cancase and vn1611 (both usb 2).

All devices are connected to this externally powered hub. Funny thing is, at first a single usb device was still showing in the removeable devices tab, the picoscope. It disappeared while I was trying to get other devices to show up.

I reinstalled and repaired both workstation 12 and 14 from scratch, made sure the usb arbitration service was running (it always was), reinstalled usb 3 drivers, changed the vms' usb controller to usb 2 or 3, but it did not change a thing.

Another fun fact, I have a notebook with win 10 x64, and there usb passthough works like a charm.

How can I solve this?

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