There are cases when the DFU loader does not recognize the device, but we can see it at the device manager as STM32 DFU as the images below.

 

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In this case you need to 

-> Right click at the STM32 DFU

-> Select update driver

-> Browse my computer for drivers

-> Let me pick from a list of available drivers on my computer

 

 

Then you will see like this

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