Problems trying to get USB Debugging working on Windows 7 (Android)

Question

I am using Windows 7 64bit and I am trying to get my computer to detect my HTC Desire, but it's not picking it up. I have everything available installed through the Android Updater and I have got my phone running through Ubuntu, so it is definitely a problem with Windows. Does anyone know what's wrong or how to get it working or both?

• I am using Windows 7 64 bit

• I have a HTC Desire running Stock 2.2 (Froyo) that works with USB Debugging on my Ubuntu machine

• Windows does detect that my phone is plugged in. It shows as a mass storage device.

• I have all the available things installed via the Android Updater.

Answer 1

I went through a huge hassle with this last night (took me 4-6 hours), but finally got it working. Based off of what you have said you already accomplished, complete these steps:

1. Reboot your computer (really, it couldn't hurt and who knows what residuals are chilling there that can screw this all up).
2. Connect your phone
3. In Device Manager, right-click any unknown devices related to your phone and update drivers. Manually point to the usb_drivers\ directory from your Android SDK.
4. At this point you should only have one undetected device (ADB), Windows will not be able to find drivers for it.
5. Download USBDeview, run as Administrator (requires right-click) and uninstall your phone and any ADB drivers it lists (your phone should still be connected).
6. Disconnect your phone.
7. Download HTCSync and install it.
8. Connect your phone, Windows should now attempt to install drivers and do so no problem.
9. Open a command window and type adb devices to confirm everything is running correctly (that is, if you placed the AndroidSDK's tools directory in your PATH variable).

Answer 2

Have you already checked out the article on USB drivers for Windows? I'm not quite sure if you are supposed to install the drivers via the Android Updater.