the light on the stick is green, my computer just won't detect it. It's getting pretty frustrating
This is what you should be using for Windows:
cross-compiled cgminer.exe binaries
Apr 29, 2017 @ 495461c -
cgminer-4.10.0-windows-gekko-495461c.7zInstall the zadig generic WinUSB drivers
http://zadig.akeo.ieThe USB drivers is probably what you are missing.