fix: use language-independent device identifiers for PnP device disabling #1559
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…ling The previous implementation used exact FriendlyName matching which only worked on English Windows installations. This caused the PnP device disabling feature to fail silently on non-English systems. Changes: - Use InstanceId patterns (e.g., ACPI\PNP0103\*) which are universal and language-independent - Add wildcard support for FriendlyName matching (e.g., "AMD PSP*", "Intel*Management Engine*") - Process devices individually with foreach loops for better error handling - Add clarifying comments about the questionable nature of this tweak
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The PnP device disabling feature in
DISABLEPNP.ps1andScripts.psm1used exactFriendlyNamematching, which only worked on English Windows installations. This caused the feature to fail silently on non-English systems where device names are localized.Solution:
InstanceIdpatterns (e.g.,ACPI\PNP0103\*,ROOT\KDNIC\*) which are universal and language-independentFriendlyNamematching (e.g.,"AMD PSP*","Intel*Management Engine*")Why this matters:
The previous implementation would not disable any devices on non-English Windows installations (French, German, Spanish, etc.) because device names like "Composite Bus Enumerator" become "Énumérateur de bus composite" in French, "Composite-Busenumerator" in German, etc.
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InstanceIdpatterns ensures the tweak works consistently across all language installations, since ACPI/PCI identifiers are standardized.Note: VSCode did automatically format scripts.psm1 😅