Fix This Device Cannot Start. (code 10) Error With WiFi & Other Drivers

Learn to fix This device cannot start Code 10 error with wireless adapter or any other driver on Windows 10 or 11 computers. There may be different reasons why the device cannot start and show error code 10. It may happen with WiFi drivers, Bluetooth drivers, keyboard or mouse drivers, or any other device connected to the computer.

Here are some methods to fix Code 10 error on Windows 11 & 10

1. Restart the PC
2. Disable and Enable the device
3. Uninstall the driver
4. Update driver
5. Rollback driver
6. Run Windows troubleshooter
7. Run Hardware troubleshooter
8. Delete UpperFilters and LowerFilters registry keys
9. Install latest driver
10. Power Flush
11. System Restore

Above methods should help you to fix the problem.

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After hours of searching for solution, shutting down and holding power button for 30+ seconds worked. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

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[mora]

I had to go all the way up to the troubleshooting method and FINALLY I had wifi again and didnt need to just use the cable. thank you.. you've no idea how much I appreciate this. this computer goes everywhere with me and to think that I'd have to have a cable everywhere hooked to a router was impossible. You're wonderful.

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[trailsofthesmokies]

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[MavisSakata]

I did almost everything including restoring before I watched this video. All didn't work but the force shut down in this tutorial was the only one that worked. Thank you!

[dearleaderlorca]

Nicely made. Straight to the point. No extra stuff I don't need. Thorough. Good work, Sandeep.

[jocelynchaumette]

Thanks a lot for all these explainations. Uninstall the device + Power flush + uninstall the device again + power flush again fixed my wifi card.

[jai]

After hours of trying multiple YouTube channels and going through countless steps. I learnt I should read the comments first. What helped me was the 30 sec power flush thanks for your help 🙏

[jonathonblues]

Went through lots of misery trying to get Wi-Fi to work and yours is the only one to fix it, well done thank you!

[gaganchd]

already tried most solution over internet. Then checked your video. followed all solutions. How it worked for me. Did register additions. then did deep power restart. Sill Yellow exclamation mark. Then uninstalled drivers again and the scan hardware change. After this Wifi started proper working. Thanks for your steps.

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[MrMGoldberg]

Thanks for this awesome and very detailed video! I had no WiFi access on my Lenovo laptop and nothing worked until I tried the power flash. Excellent instructions! Thanks again.

[higher_highs]

Whoever reads this - just hard reset your laptop. Press that power button for a few seconds, until the screen blacks out, then turn it on and it will work, I promise. I've tried everything in this video and only this helped( I had a problem with my Wi-Fi driver).

[kitten]

i just spent 2 hours with windows screen share techs helping me troubleshoot this issue, they even upgraded my os, and the power flush actually worked. im holding back tears

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I never comment on youtube videos, but here we finally have one worth commenting on! This was a lifesaver guide my friend, had this exact issue when I woke up this morning, looked for guides for help on the internet to no avail. But then i watched this video, followed all the steps, with no success, until the power flash step. This made everything work as normal again!

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[kelseyjane]

The power flush method at the end of this video solved my problem, just when I thought it wouldn't work. THANK YOU SO MUCH, this was easy to follow for someone like me with no idea what I'm doing!

[ildareyerzhanov]

i had a problem with Bluetooth and wi-fi and nothing worked until i turned off the power on my laptop, then i noticed Bluetooth is working but wi-fi is still not working and has error 10 but i decided to enable and disable driver and now it is working perfect thank you very much