Add support for third party wiimotes#26
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If the "SYNC" button in WiitarThing is pressed, SyncWindow.Sync() checks for devices with device names that start with "Nintendo RVL-CNT-01". This also works with third party wiimotes.
But after the device is paired a different approach is used by DeviceInfo.GetPaths() (called by MainWindow.Refresh()) to find already paired devices: it checks if the original (Nintendo) VID and PID is present. This is not the case for third party devices so they are never shown in the "Connected Device List".
As even the Wii and WiiU do not check for the VID and PID it would be nice if WiitarThing also did not check these.
The Pull-Requests changes the DeviceInfo.GetPaths() to check for the device name.
For backwards compatibility the VID and PID is also checked if the device name is missing.
It also fixes the erroneously detection of a Wiimote Plus as a Wii U Pro controller as Wii U Pro and Wiimote Plus share the same VID/PID.