Inf Driver File Install - SetupCopyOEMInf

[haralds]

Thanks to Microsoft Win 8.1 enhancements, we now have to install an INF file to update a HID driver.
After creating it, creating an associated CAT file and signing it, it works from the desktop with right clicking and selecting Install.

But we have two issues:
- I would like to do this from the installer. How would I use SetupCopyOEMInf, which is recommended for this purpose here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff540117(v=vs.85).aspx

- I also have to remove any previous PID keys, since the inf install does not update configured devices in the registry. Has anybody done this? It is messy, since there are a couple of differing keys for each entry.

Thanks,
-- Harald

[haralds]

Thanks to Microsoft Win 8.1 enhancements, we now have to install an INF file to update a HID driver.
After creating it, creating an associated CAT file and signing it, it works from the desktop with right clicking and selecting Install.

But we have two issues:
- I would like to do this from the installer. How would I use SetupCopyOEMInf, which is recommended for this purpose here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff540117(v=vs.85).aspx

- I also have to remove any previous PID keys, since the inf install does not update configured devices in the registry. Has anybody done this? It is messy, since there are a couple of differing keys for each entry.

Thanks,
-- Harald

From the Admin Comandline, the following works:
rundll32 syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultInstall 128 .\<file>.inf

Interestingly, it failed from a batch file for some reason. Shell.Execute does not have an install option.

[Ulrich]

This may help:

http://www.indigorose.com/forums/threads/26099-Proper-way-to-install-INF-files

You may need to adapt the arguments.

Ulrich

[haralds]

I need a little more help. It might be, I am just dense...

The files emwave2.inf and signed emwave2.cat are in the primer folder - so they would be in %TempLaunchFolder% at time of install.

I have tested the following and they all work:

1.) Directly installing from Explorer via right-click/install
2.) Installing from command line and or a batch file with the line:
rundll32 syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultInstall 128 .\emwave2.inf
or
rundll32 setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 .\emwave2.inf
Note: the relative path spec is important, not prepending ".\" will cause the command line and batch file to fail

But the following scripts fail:

Shell.Execute (
SessionVar.Expand ("%SystemFolder%\\rundll32.exe"),
"open",
"syssetup,SetupInfObjectInstallAction DefaultInstall 128 .\emwave2.inf",
SessionVar.Expand("%TempLaunchFolder%"),
SW_SHOWNORMAL,
false);

Shell.Execute (
SessionVar.Expand ("%SystemFolder%\\rundll32.exe"),
"open",
"setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 .\emwave2.inf",
SessionVar.Expand("%TempLaunchFolder%"),
SW_SHOWNORMAL,
false);

I could just run the batch file, but error trapping becomes more difficult.

Any help would be appreciated.

-- Harad

[haralds]

For now the batch file with SW_HIDE set does the job, but in my book, it is an ugly solution....