diff --git a/Externals/WiiUse/Win32/wiiuse.dll b/Externals/WiiUse/Win32/wiiuse.dll
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diff --git a/Externals/WiiUse/Win32/wiiuse.lib b/Externals/WiiUse/Win32/wiiuse.lib
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diff --git a/Externals/WiiUse/X64/wiiuse.dll b/Externals/WiiUse/X64/wiiuse.dll
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diff --git a/Externals/WiiUse/X64/wiiuse.lib b/Externals/WiiUse/X64/wiiuse.lib
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diff --git a/Externals/WiiUseSrc/Src/io_win.c b/Externals/WiiUseSrc/Src/io_win.c
index ab08183ba9..15c68b0d84 100644
--- a/Externals/WiiUseSrc/Src/io_win.c
+++ b/Externals/WiiUseSrc/Src/io_win.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <hidsdi.h>
+#include <dbt.h>
 #include <setupapi.h>
 
 #include "definitions.h"
@@ -283,4 +284,68 @@ int wiiuse_io_write(struct wiimote_t* wm, byte* buf, int len) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+//Checks if the corresponding device to a system notification is a wiimote
+//I placed the code here to avoid ddk/wdk dependencies @wiimote plugin
+int wiiuse_check_system_notification(unsigned int nMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) {
+    PDEV_BROADCAST_HDR pDevice = (PDEV_BROADCAST_HDR)lParam;
+
+	switch( pDevice->dbch_devicetype ) {
+
+		case DBT_DEVTYP_DEVICEINTERFACE:
+			{
+				PDEV_BROADCAST_DEVICEINTERFACE pDeviceInfo = (PDEV_BROADCAST_DEVICEINTERFACE)pDevice;
+				HIDD_ATTRIBUTES	attr;
+				char stringbuf[255];
+
+				HANDLE dev = CreateFile(pDeviceInfo->dbcc_name,
+						0,(FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE),
+						NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED, NULL);
+				
+				if (dev != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+				{
+					attr.Size = sizeof(attr);
+					HidD_GetAttributes(dev, &attr);
+					
+					//Checking PID&VID
+					if ((attr.VendorID == WM_VENDOR_ID) && (attr.ProductID == WM_PRODUCT_ID)) {
+						CloseHandle(dev);
+						return 1;
+					}
+
+					CloseHandle(dev);
+				}
+				else {	//different method to acquire the "wiimote vid/pid" for a comparison when the device is already unavailable @CreateFile()
+							
+					wcstombs(stringbuf, pDeviceInfo->dbcc_name, 255);
+					
+					//ms bt stack + bluesoleil vid/pid dbccname format 
+					if ( (strstr(stringbuf, "VID&0002057e_PID&0306") != NULL) || (strstr(stringbuf, "VID_057e&PID_0306") != NULL) )
+					{
+						return 1;
+					}
+				}
+
+				return 0;
+			}
+
+		default: 
+			return 0;
+
+		}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+//register a handle for device notifications
+int wiiuse_register_system_notification(HWND hwnd) {
+	DEV_BROADCAST_DEVICEINTERFACE Filter;
+	ZeroMemory( &Filter, sizeof(Filter) );
+
+	//GUID wiimoteguid;
+	//CLSIDFromString(_T("745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da"),&wiimoteguid);
+    Filter.dbcc_size = sizeof(DEV_BROADCAST_DEVICEINTERFACE);
+    Filter.dbcc_devicetype = DBT_DEVTYP_DEVICEINTERFACE;
+	//Filter.dbcc_classguid = wiimoteguid;
+
+    return RegisterDeviceNotification(hwnd,&Filter, DEVICE_NOTIFY_ALL_INTERFACE_CLASSES);
+}
 #endif /* ifdef WIN32 */
diff --git a/Externals/WiiUseSrc/Src/wiiuse.h b/Externals/WiiUseSrc/Src/wiiuse.h
index 5633fbed90..1df11b06b0 100644
--- a/Externals/WiiUseSrc/Src/wiiuse.h
+++ b/Externals/WiiUseSrc/Src/wiiuse.h
@@ -673,10 +673,12 @@ WIIUSE_EXPORT extern void wiiuse_resync(struct wiimote_t* wm);
 WIIUSE_EXPORT extern void wiiuse_set_timeout(struct wiimote_t** wm, int wiimotes, byte normal_timeout, byte exp_timeout);
 WIIUSE_EXPORT extern void wiiuse_set_accel_threshold(struct wiimote_t* wm, int threshold);
 
-/* connect.c */
+/* connect.c / io_win.c */
 WIIUSE_EXPORT extern int wiiuse_find(struct wiimote_t** wm, int max_wiimotes, int timeout);
 WIIUSE_EXPORT extern int wiiuse_connect(struct wiimote_t** wm, int wiimotes);
 WIIUSE_EXPORT extern void wiiuse_disconnect(struct wiimote_t* wm);
+WIIUSE_EXPORT extern int wiiuse_check_system_notification(unsigned int nMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
+WIIUSE_EXPORT extern int wiiuse_register_system_notification(HWND hwnd);
 
 /* events.c */
 WIIUSE_EXPORT extern int wiiuse_poll(struct wiimote_t** wm, int wiimotes);