Monday, January 19, 2009

Command mode Device manager ? Yes.. The Devcon.exe


DevCon is a command-line tool that performs the following device management functions on local and remote computers:

  • Display. DevCon can display the following properties of drivers and devices on local and remote computers:
    • Hardware IDs, compatible IDs, and device instance IDs. These identifiers are described in detail in Device Identification Strings.
    • Device setup classes
    • The devices in a device setup class
    • INF files and device driver files
    • Details of driver packages
    • Hardware resources
    • Device status
    • Expected driver stack
    • Third-party driver packages in the driver store
  • Search. DevCon can search for installed and uninstalled devices on a local or remote computer by hardware ID, device instance ID, or device setup class.
  • Change. DevCon can change the status or configuration of Plug and Play devices on the local computer in the following ways:
    • Enable a device
    • Disable a device
    • Update drivers (interactive and noninteractive)
    • Install a device (create a devnode and install software)
    • Remove a device from the device tree and delete its device stack
    • Rescan for Plug and Play devices
    • Add, delete, and reorder the hardware IDs of root-enumerated devices
    • Change the upper and lower filter drivers for a device setup class
    • Add and delete third-party driver packages from the driver store
  • Restart. DevCon can restart a local device, reboot the local system on demand, or reboot the local system if required for another DevCon operation.

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