Fix This device cannot start Code 10 Device manager

By Gaurav P Last updated Nov 10, 2022

This Device Cannot Start Code 10 error generally means that windows was unable to properly communicate with one of your installed device Drivers. This problem mostly occurs due to outdated, incompatible, missing or corrupt drivers, Faulty Device driver. Also some cases, Device Cannot Start Code 10 error also pops up if the device manager doesn’t understand the error generated by the driver. But in all these cases hardware is not able to work properly.

Normally For proper functioning of your windows computer, it is very important that the individual hardware and software devices present on it work properly. If any of the devices fail to start/work or function, the user will start facing different error codes and the device Stop working. And This Device Cannot Start Code 10 is one of them, This Error occur means

*Device Manager can’t start the attached device.
*One of the drivers that the device needs does not start.
*Device Manager has insufficient information to recognize the error that is bubbled up by the device driver.

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This Device Cannot Start Code 10

If you are struggling with This Device Cannot Start Code 10 error here apply below solutions to get rid of this.

Disable USB Suspend Settings

Most Windows users report After Disable USB suspend Setting on power option will Fix This Device Cannot Start Code 10 and start the attached device normally. We recommend first Disable USB suspend Setting by following the below steps and check the problem solved. To do this

Press Windows key + R, type Control Panel and click ok,
Change the View by Small icon then click on Power Options.
Now click on Change plan settings below your selected power plan (it’s normally Balanced (recommended).
Next select Change Advanced Power Settings, to open power options
Expand USB Settings set the USB selective suspend setting to Disabled.

Note: If you own the laptop set the USB Suspend to Disable to both “On Battery” & “Plugged in”.

Click OK to apply changes, Restart your computer. Now Attach the device and check it’s working properly.

Delete invalid or corrupted Registry entries

If the above method failed to fix This Device Cannot Start Code 10 error try this registry Tweak (Delete invalid or corrupted registry Entries)

Press Windows key + R, type regedit and click ok to open windows registry editor,

Navigate to following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}

Note : This registry sub-key {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000} is Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) representing a device present on your system. Every Device has a different GUID. Here select the GUID of the device which you are getting This Device Cannot Start Code 10.

GUID for Different Devices

GUID	Device	Class
4d36e965-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	CD/DVD/Blu-ray drives	CDROM
4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Hard drives	DiskDrive
4d36e968-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Video adapters	Display
4d36e969-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Floppy controllers	FDC
4d36e980-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Floppy drives	FloppyDisk
4d36e96a-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Hard drive controllers	HDC
745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da	Some USB devices	HIDClass
6bdd1fc1-810f-11d0-bec7-08002be2092f	IEEE 1394 host controller	1394
6bdd1fc6-810f-11d0-bec7-08002be2092f	Cameras and scanners	Image
4d36e96b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Keyboards	Keyboard
4d36e96d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Modems	Modem
4d36e96f-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Mice and pointing devices	Mouse
4d36e96c-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Audio and video devices	Media
4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Network adapters	Net
4d36e978-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	Serial and parallel ports	Ports
4d36e97b-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	SCSI and RAID controllers	SCSIAdapter
4d36e97d-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318	System buses, bridges, etc.	System
36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000	USB host controllers and hubs	USB

For example: If you are having This Device Cannot Start Code 10 error on Network Adapter then select GUID 4d36e972-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318. or If you have a USB device The select GUID 36fc9e60-c465-11cf-8056-444553540000.

LowerFilters registry string Now Look at the right-pane and Delete (right-click > Delete) the following registry entries (values) if found:

UpperFilters
LowerFilters

Close Registry Editor and restart your computer check the problematic Device is working properly. For Better understand Check bellow video.

Uninstall all USB controllers

As discussed Before These errors also mostly caused by old, Corrupted device drivers that have to be updated. The best way to make sure you have the latest and most up to date driver for a device is to go to the manufacturer’s website and download it from there.

Or you can update the installed Device Driver by following below.

Press Windows key + R then type “devmgmt.msc” and hit Enter to open device manager. Expand “Universal Serial Bus controllers” then right-click on each one of them and choose Uninstall. (if you use a USB Keyboard or Mouse and you lost the connection, unplug and re-plug them to regain connectivity.) Once you have removed all of them, restart the computer and Windows will reinstall all of the USB controllers. Now Check The problematic Drive is working

Diagnose and fix Windows USB problems

If all the above methods fail to fix This Device Cannot Start Code 10 Then you can Download Microsoft’s official USB diagnostic Tool From Given Download link.

Download USB Fix Tool

Note: This Diagnostic Tool Help to fix USB audio, storage, and print devices—such as thumb drives, USB hard drives, and USB printers—that do not eject using the Safely Remove Hardware dialog box, Getting Different Error codes.

After download, the tool Right-click and select Run or Open to run the troubleshooting Too. Here click on Advanced and tick mark on Apply repairs Automatically click next This will start the USB diagnostic process.

If found any problem with the currently installed USB device this will try to fix itself or instruct where is the problem causing. After that Restart windows and check, the problem is solved or not.

Other methods you can Try

If still This Device Cannot Start Code 10 not solved after applying above solutions then now its time to utilize the windows system Restore Feature. Which revert your windows computer to a previous working state where windows working without any error.

Note: This method only applies if you face This Device Cannot Start Code 10 on a device that working before and recently getting a problem with Error This Device Cannot Start Code 10.

Check How to perform system restore your windows 10 computer to revert your computer to a previous working state.

Also if you are using an external Hard disk or printer, scanner we recommend changing the device’s USB cable and check the device with a different computer.

These are some best working solutions to fix This Device that Cannot Start Code 10 Error on Windows 10 computer. I hope after apply these solutions your problem This Device Cannot Start Code 10 will get solved. If still have any queries, suggestion Feel free to comment below.