I'm on Windows 8.1 trying to disable my clickpad programatically. I've installed the correct x64 bit version of devcon as noted here. I can find the correct device but devcon disable
with the same parameters fails.
PS C:\...\7600.16385.win7_wdk.100208-1538\tools\devcon\amd64> .\devcon.exe disable 'ACPI\SYN1ECA*'
ACPI\SYN1ECA\4&22077A96&0 : Disable failed
No matching devices found.
Which is rather confusing. It obviously finds the right device, but then reports "No matching devices found". What the heck?
Please note that I am aware of this similar question but, in addition to not having an accepted answer, that question has a different error and is likely using the wrong version of devcon.
No Matching Devices is the way that windows tells you that it cannot find or access the devices you are looking for. There can be a couple of causes for this: