Load/Unload Windows Drivers

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Hello everyone,
Is there a .NET Framework facility for adding/removing/managing device drivers?
For example,can I build a VB.NET application to list loaded drivers, or drivers attached to a
specific device, then load or unload those drivers as needed?
Do you have any ideas? Thanks.

Posted 29-Jun-10 17:21pm

shujsj2010

Updated 29-Jun-10 17:41pm

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DaveAuld · Answer 1 · 2010-06-29T20:06:00

You can use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to perform various system related activities, it is quite a complex area, so start searching Google + Microsoft. There used to be an extension for Visual Studio for working with WMI (to make it easier to find the object names to use, but don't know if it is still available (it was from Microsoft, so maybe search their site).

There is an Article on CodeProject on the loading/unloading drivers;
TDriver - Loading Device Drivers[^]

alrosan · Answer 2 · 2010-07-05T10:43:00

Imports System.IO

Sub GetAllDrives()
        Dim driveArr As DriveInfo() = DriveInfo.GetDrives
        For Each drive As DriveInfo In driveArr
            If drive.IsReady Then
                Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Name:{0} - Drive Type:{1} - Format:{2} - Label:{3} - Total Size:{4}" _
                                                , drive.Name, drive.DriveType, drive.DriveFormat, drive.VolumeLabel, drive.TotalSize))

            End If
        Next

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