DriverPackageUninstall retains SYS files on win7 and above

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All,

This is not a new issue, and there are several posts on this on osr and else
where.

It seems that starting win7 MSFT doesnt remove the sys files for PNP devices
using the above API.

Is there a way to make this API remove the sys file?

What is the purpose of keeping a stray file in the system?

best regards

ami

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Ami Awbadhho wrote:

This is not a new issue, and there are several posts on this on osr
and else where.

It seems that starting win7 MSFT doesnt remove the sys files for PNP
devices using the above API.

Is there a way to make this API remove the sys file?

What is the purpose of keeping a stray file in the system?

Because it will speed things up if the device comes back later, and disk
space is free.

–
Tim Roberts, xxxxx@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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> Ami Awbadhho wrote:

> What is the purpose of keeping a stray file in the system?

On 6/20/2011 8:00 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:

Because it will speed things up if the device comes back later, and disk
space is free.

And backup space? And the time you need to do it?

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so I should just let my file remain, that doesnt seem to be the right
thing to do, but if that is what MSFT suggests, maybe I should…

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Hagen Patzke wrote:
>> Ami Awbadhho wrote:
>>>
>>> What is the purpose of keeping a stray file in the system?
>
> On 6/20/2011 8:00 PM, Tim Roberts wrote:
>>
>> Because it will speed things up if the device comes back later, and disk
>> space is free.
>
> And backup space? And the time you need to do it?
>
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