Hi,
I use setupAPI to install a filter driver, and installation works fine. However, when I try to uninstall the driver, it seems that I cannot stop the service (ControlService returns 1052 (ERROR_INVALID_SERVICE_CONTROL), and the DeleteService does not delete the service.
What I am trying to do is to make sure install and uninstall work without a reboot. Any ideas?
Thanks,
AB
You cannot uninstall a filter once it is in the stack in most cases.
For all you know there is another driver above you referencing your
device object. If you need to remove the functionality of your filter,
have an IOCTL that causes the filter to treat all requests as pass
through (i.e. just send to the next driver).
Don Burn
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr
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news:xxxxx@ntdev:
> Hi,
>
> I use setupAPI to install a filter driver, and installation works fine. However, when I try to uninstall the driver, it seems that I cannot stop the service (ControlService returns 1052 (ERROR_INVALID_SERVICE_CONTROL), and the DeleteService does not delete the service.
>
> What I am trying to do is to make sure install and uninstall work without a reboot. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
> AB
You can’t use the scm. You must disable all stacks your filter is a part of and then pnp will unload your driver.
d
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Subject: [ntdev] Unloading a filter driver without reboot
Hi,
I use setupAPI to install a filter driver, and installation works fine. However, when I try to uninstall the driver, it seems that I cannot stop the service (ControlService returns 1052 (ERROR_INVALID_SERVICE_CONTROL), and the DeleteService does not delete the service.
What I am trying to do is to make sure install and uninstall work without a reboot. Any ideas?
Thanks,
AB
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Ok thanks guys. If I am a lower filter, I will need to disable all the drivers sitting on top of my driver… remove my filter driver, and once I enabled them again, they should come up without the filter driver as part of the stack, correct?
Disable the device stacks, not the driver services themselves , and, yes, if done properly your driver will unload and then you could reenable each of the stacks
d
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Ok thanks guys. If I am a lower filter, I will need to disable all the drivers sitting on top of my driver… remove my filter driver, and once I enabled them again, they should come up without the filter driver as part of the stack, correct?
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Hello Doran,
I’m curious to know how to disable the device stacks. Could you please
give me some pointers.
Many Thanks,
-Raj P.
On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Doron Holan wrote:
> Disable the device stacks, not the driver services themselves , and,
> yes, if done properly your driver will unload and then you could reenable
> each of the stacks
>
>
> d
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> Ok thanks guys. If I am a lower filter, I will need to disable all the
> drivers sitting on top of my driver… remove my filter driver, and once I
> enabled them again, they should come up without the filter driver as part
> of the stack, correct?
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On 17-Mar-2013 02:50, Rajinikanth Pandurangan wrote:
I’m curious to know how to disable the device stacks. Could you please
give me some pointers.
Just disable the device using whatever you like (device manager, devcon…)
– pa
Thanks Doron, will give it a go
Hi
I tried the following sequence
Step 3) fails every time… However when I Unplug the device manually instead of step 2) above, it works. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
AB
What is the error code? What does the log file say? When you disable, did it prompt for reboot or error out?
d
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Subject: RE:[ntdev] Unloading a filter driver without reboot
Hi
I tried the following sequence
1. Install filter driver (works fine)
2. Disable the filtered devices (by right clicking the device icon on device manager then selecting disable)
3. Uninstall filter driver using setupApi
Step 3) fails every time… However when I Unplug the device manually instead of step 2) above, it works. Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
Thanks,
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Hi Doron
When I disable the device, and then uninstall the filter driver, the whole device vanishes from Device Manager. No, it does not ask about reboot. In a sense, this is strange because I cannot even enable back the device again.
Disable should ! out the device, not make it disappear. Are you choosing disable or uninstall? Scan for new HW will make it come back unless it is a root enumerated device
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Hi Doron
When I disable the device, and then uninstall the filter driver, the whole device vanishes from Device Manager. No, it does not ask about reboot. In a sense, this is strange because I cannot even enable back the device again.
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Hi Doron
Disable not uninstall.
No disable doesn’t out the device, uninstallation of the filter driver does. Also, scan new hardware has no effect. However, when I reboot-machine/unplug-and-plug-back, it says new hardware found.
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Ok thanks guys. If I am a lower filter, I will need to disable all the drivers sitting on top of my driver… remove my filter driver, and once I enabled them again, they should come up without the filter driver as part of the stack, correct?
There are two steps to this. One is to make sure your filter is not
being used. The other is to remove your filter.
For the first step, you need to remove yourself from the “LowerFilters”
registry value for all the devices (or classes) you are filtering. Then
you need to restart those devices. Those driver stacks will rebuild
without your filter.
Now you can remove your service and delete your files.
–
Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Rajinikanth Pandurangan wrote:
I’m curious to know how to disable the device stacks. Could you
please give me some pointers.
“devcon disable” or “devcon restart”, both of which call
SetupDiCallClassInstaller with DIF_PROPERTYCHANGE.
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Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.
Ok guys… restarted the whole stack including the USB composite device and now works fine. Thank you.