usbipd-win

usbipd-win is a software utility that helps users configure and make their USB devices accessible and visible to their Linux virtual machines or Windows-Linux cross-platform solutions that are natively installed on Windows OS.

A couple of useful pieces of information about this solution include the fact that usbipd-win is an open-source solution that is free of cost and almost completely written in C#. The file is small in size and the Windows installation can be done within seconds.

During the installation of this utility, you will be prompted with a request for approving the installation of the USB drivers from VirtualBox, signed by Oracle. This is only needed if you plan on making your USB flash drives (or any other USB devices with bulk endpoints) available in a virtual machine you created with VirtualBox (or Hyper-V).

Usbipd-win is WSL 2 compatible. That means that you can make your USB-connected devices shareable with usbip clients as well. Theoretically, usbip clients are USB devices that are accessible remotely in the network, via IP.

As a Linux proprietary protocol, usbip is implemented in the Linux kernel and in order to properly make your Windows-connected USB devices available on Linux virtual machines or cross-platform software, you must also use the usbip command in your Linux shell to claim the USB devices you want or need available. More instructions about the configuration options, you can find on the GitHub page of usbipd-win's.

Utimatelly, you should take into account that the current application, once installed in your Windows OS will add a firewall rule to your local subnets for USB device access control enabling on Linux-like platforms.