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From: Arkady Frenkel on 28 Jan 2007 03:18
If you need only devcon , take it from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311272
Arkady

"Don Burn" <burn(a)stopspam.windrvr.com> wrote in message
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> Actually it is free, you just have to follow the directions. I know the
> page says Beta, but it now gives you the release version. Alternatively,
> if you can find the last DDK Build 3790.1830 that should work fine also.
>
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> <cartoper(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On Jan 27, 1:18 pm, "Don Burn" <b...(a)stopspam.windrvr.com> wrote:
>>> You need the Setup api's from the DDK/WDK. Get the WDK and look at the
>>> DevCon sample for information on how to do it.
>>
>> Don,
>>
>> It looks like the WDK is not a free download, am I correct? If not,
>> any thoughts on where to go find it? This is the link I found:
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/devtools/wdk/betawdk.mspx
>>
>
>


From: Uwe Sieber on 28 Jan 2007 14:15
Uwe Sieber wrote:
> cartoper(a)gmail.com wrote:
>> I am working on a program that reads data from a removable device (USB
>> Stick) that the user will insert into the computer and then when the
>> data is removed, will need to remove the media. In the system tray,
>> there is the icon/tool to "Safely Remove Hardware". How do I do that
>> programmatically? I am working in C#, so if I can avoid dropping to
>> the API level, that would be great, but with 10+ years of C/C++
>> experence, WinAPI level examples work, too!
>
> Today I've seen that Vista
> redetected an USB hard disk immediately after using
> CM_Query_And_Remove_SubTree successfully.


With the flag CM_REMOVE_NO_RESTART the redetection does not happen.

Uwe
From: Pavel A. on 31 Jan 2007 14:10
> Uwe Sieber wrote:
> >
> > Today I've seen that Vista
> > redetected an USB hard disk immediately after using
> > CM_Query_And_Remove_SubTree successfully.
>
> With the flag CM_REMOVE_NO_RESTART the redetection does not happen.
>
> Uwe
>

An interesting finding.
Doron Holan (MS) explained that in Vista, behavior of PnP is more
"agressive" so that it immediately redetects removed devices and this
results in immediate installation of the best ranked driver found.

If this flag gets the old behavior, can Device Manager use it ?

Too late to vote for this feature for Vista SP1?

--PA

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