Delete Driver with C#

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Uwe Porsch

Hello,
I want to write a smal application which deletes a driver installed on Vista.

Right now I delete a driver manually within the Hardware Manager. I want to
do this with an app.

Thanks and regards
Uwe
 
Hello Uwe,

Start from this http://www.codeproject.com/KB/system/EnumDevices.aspx

and be very carefull with testing :)

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UP> Hello,
UP> I want to write a smal application which deletes a driver installed
UP> on Vista.
UP> Right now I delete a driver manually within the Hardware Manager. I
UP> want to do this with an app.
UP>
UP> Thanks and regards
UP> Uwe
 
Uwe said:
Hello,
I want to write a smal application which deletes a driver installed
on Vista.

Right now I delete a driver manually within the Hardware Manager. I
want to do this with an app.
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You don't want to use C# for that.

If you must use .NET, then use C++/CLI and take advantage of the header
files already being written for you. The device manager data structures
aren't easily used through p/invoke, while C++/CLI is basically designed for
exactly this sort of task.

You need the SetupDi* family of functions.
 
Uwe Porsch said:
Hello,
I want to write a smal application which deletes a driver installed on
Vista.

Right now I delete a driver manually within the Hardware Manager. I want
to
do this with an app.

Thanks and regards
Uwe
Click to expand...



Very easy to shoot yourself in the foot, by using System.Management.
Needs elevated privileges to succeed.
...
ManagementBaseObject outParams = null;
string objPath =
string.Format("Win32_SystemDriver.Name='{0}'","driverNameToDelete");
using (ManagementObject device= new ManagementObject(objPath))
{
outParams = device.InvokeMethod("Delete", null, null);
uint ret =
Convert.ToUInt32(outParams.Properties["ReturnValue"].Value);
if(ret != 0)
Console.WriteLine("Failed : {0}", ret);
else
Console.WriteLine("Success");
}
.....

Willy.
 
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