Windows 10: Why windows 11 don not support USB to UART Drivers ?

This is terrible . I can't work on my ESP 32 project just because Windows 11 can't recognize the drivers. I tried reinstalling the CP2102 drivers several times yet it shows code 10. I bought another ESP 32 thinking it might be the boards issue. But still it doesn't work. Hate to say this but because of windows 11 i am unable to do my final year main project. This is terrible.

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USB to UART driver problem

USB to UART driver problem since upgrading to windows11. i used silicon labs cp210x before. does not work now.

 

USB to UART driver problem

Hello Alex. I'm Greg, here to help you with this.

I understand since upgrading to Windows 11 your USB to UART Silicon Labs cp210x driver is not working

There's a suggested fix on the Silicon Labs forums here:

https://community.silabs.com/s/question/0D58Y00...

Also:

https://community.silabs.com/s/question/0D58Y00...

If nothing there helps then I'd post in the Silicon Labs forums to see if they can help further, or contact the Support of the other devices involved. This is a hardware issue. You can also ask in the best hardware forums Tom's Hardware here: Tom's Hardware Forum

Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the detailed results you post back, I will have other suggestions if necessary.

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USB to UART driver problem

Since upgrading to Win 10 from Win7 I can no longer us a Data Acquisition device that uses a USB to UART controller. Nothing has changed hardware wise. Ran fine before the upgrade and still runs fine on my desktop running Win 7. I have already sent an email
to the vendor. Doubtful I will get a reply as they are a small company in Japan.

I have tried installing generic Windows USB to UART drivers re-installed the vendors driver, run the program in Win 7 compatibility mode. Device Manager says everything with the COM port is running fine. Still get an error when initiating the device.

I just looked at the Driver File Versions in Device Manager and both the usbser.sys and serenum.sys are different different than on my Win 7 machine. Pretty sure this is the problem. So how can I revert to the older file version? Or does someone have another
suggestion?