devcon - Windows Device Console v1.0 2024-04-13

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What you can do with DevCon

Windows driver developers and testers can use DevCon to verify that a driver is installed and configured correctly, including the proper INF files, driver stack, driver files, and driver package. You can also use the DevCon commands (enable, disable, install, start, stop, and continue) in scripts to test the driver.

DevCon is a command-line tool that performs device management functions on local computers.

Devcon features include:

• Display driver and device info DevCon can display the following properties of drivers and devices on local 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 for devices DevCon can search for devices on a local computer by hardware ID, device instance ID, or device setup class.

• Change device settings DevCon can change the status or configuration of Plug and Play (PnP) 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 the device or computer DevCon can restart a local device, reboot the local system on demand, or reboot the local system if required for another DevCon operation.

Usage

devcon [-r] [-m:\\] [...]
-r           Reboots the system only when a restart or reboot is required.
-u           Unicode (UTF-16) output
    Specifies a remote computer.    Specifies a Devcon command (see command list below).
...     One or more arguments that modify a command.
For help with a specific command, type: devcon help

classfilter          Add, delete, and reorder class filters.
classes              List all device setup classes.
disable              Disable devices.
driverfiles          List installed driver files for devices.
drivernodes          List driver nodes of devices.
enable               Enable devices.
find                 Find devices.
findall              Find devices, including those that are not currently attached.
help                 Display Devcon help.
hwids                List hardware IDs of devices.
install              Install a device manually.
listclass            List all devices in a setup class.
reboot               Reboot the local computer.
remove               Remove devices.
removeall            Remove devices, including those that are not currently attached.
rescan               Scan for new hardware.
resources            List hardware resources for devices.
restart              Restart devices.
sethwid              Modify Hardware ID's of listed root-enumerated devices.
stack                List expected driver stack for devices.
status               List running status of devices.
update               Update a device manually.
updateni             Manually update a device (non interactive).
dp_add               Adds (installs) a third-party (OEM) driver package.
dp_delete            Deletes a third-party (OEM) driver package.
dp_enum              Lists the third-party (OEM) driver packages installed on this machine.

Source code

https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-driver-samples/tree/main/setup/devcon