Is there a way to trigger a hardware refresh (aka Device Manager) using .NET?
I don't mind if it's only possible in the latest version of Windows, but I am wondering if there is a way to trigger this using .NET:
found this piece of code which could help to point you in the right direction. You will need to add the windows api to your project and mimic this:
#INCLUDE "Win32Api.inc"
DECLARE FUNCTION fCM_Locate_DevNode (BYREF dvInst AS LONG, BYVAL n AS LONG, BYVAL c AS LONG) AS LONG
DECLARE FUNCTION fCM_Reenumerate_DevNode (BYVAL dvInst AS LONG, BYVAL n AS LONG) AS LONG
FUNCTION Scan_for_hardware_changes () AS LONG
%CR_SUCCESS = 0
%CM_LOCATE_DEVNODE_NORMAL = 0
LOCAL hLib AS LONG, pCM_DevNode AS DWORD, fSTATUS AS LONG, dvInst AS LONG
hLib = LoadLibrary( "cfgmgr32.dll" )
IF hLib THEN
pCM_DevNode = GetProcAddress( hLib, "CM_Locate_DevNodeA" )
IF pCM_DevNode THEN
CALL DWORD pCM_DevNode USING fCM_Locate_DevNode(dvInst, 0, %CM_LOCATE_DEVNODE_NORMAL ) TO fSTATUS
IF fSTATUS=%CR_SUCCESS THEN
pCM_DevNode = GetProcAddress( hLib, "CM_Reenumerate_DevNode" )
IF pCM_DevNode THEN
CALL DWORD pCM_DevNode USING fCM_Reenumerate_DevNode(dvInst, 0 ) TO fSTATUS
IF fSTATUS=%CR_SUCCESS THEN FUNCTION=%TRUE
END IF
END IF
END IF
FreeLibrary hLib
END IF
END FUNCTION
FUNCTION PBMAIN
IF Scan_for_hardware_changes() THEN MSGBOX "OK!" ELSE MSGBOX "Sorry!"
END FUNCTION