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Add a short explanation to Zadig the troubleshooting section (#7110)

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* Add a short explanation to the troubleshooting section

While translating I noticed that the troubleshooting section could use a
little bit more explanation. @Yanfali was so kind to chime in on this on
discord and explained that this was ment for people who accidently
forget to put their board in bootloader mode, so I added this as a
possible common mistake.

Also fixed the spelling of Msys2 to MSYS2 and Halfkay to HalfKay as
these are the official spellings they use themselves.

* Update driver_installation_zadig.md

* Update driver_installation_zadig.md

English is hard.

* Update docs/driver_installation_zadig.md

Co-Authored-By: fauxpark <fauxpark@gmail.com>

* Update docs/driver_installation_zadig.md

Co-Authored-By: fauxpark <fauxpark@gmail.com>
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QMK presents itself to the host as a regular HID keyboard device, and as such requires no special drivers. However, in order to flash your keyboard on Windows, the bootloader device that appears when you reset the board often *does*.
There are two notable exceptions: the Caterina bootloader, usually seen on Pro Micros, and the Halfkay bootloader shipped with PJRC Teensys, appear as a serial port and a generic HID device respectively, and so do not require a driver.
There are two notable exceptions: the Caterina bootloader, usually seen on Pro Micros, and the HalfKay bootloader shipped with PJRC Teensys, appear as a serial port and a generic HID device respectively, and so do not require a driver.
We recommend the use of the [Zadig](https://zadig.akeo.ie/) utility. If you have set up the development environment with Msys2 or WSL, the `qmk_install.sh` script will have asked if you want it to install the drivers for you.
We recommend the use of the [Zadig](https://zadig.akeo.ie/) utility. If you have set up the development environment with MSYS2 or WSL, the `qmk_install.sh` script will have asked if you want it to install the drivers for you.
## Installation
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## Recovering from Installation to Wrong Device
If you find that you can no longer type with the keyboard, you may have installed the driver onto the keyboard itself instead of the bootloader. You can easily confirm this in Zadig - a healthy keyboard has the `HidUsb` driver installed on all of its interfaces:
If you find that you can no longer type with the keyboard, you may have accidentally replaced the driver for the keyboard itself instead of for the bootloader. This can happen when the keyboard is not in the bootloader mode. You can easily confirm this in Zadig - a healthy keyboard has the `HidUsb` driver installed on all of its interfaces:
![A healthy keyboard as seen by Zadig](https://i.imgur.com/Hx0E5kC.png)
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![The Device Uninstall dialog, with the "delete driver" checkbox ticked](https://i.imgur.com/aEs2RuA.png)
Click **Action → Scan for hardware changes**. At this point, you should be able to type again. Double check in Zadig that the keyboard device(s) are using the `HidUsb` driver. If so, you're all done, and your board should be functional again!
?> A full reboot of your computer may sometimes be necessary at this point, to get Windows to pick up the new driver.