How to install minifilter programatically using INF?

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Hi All,

I have a minifilter and INF to install it. Currently I am installing it using INF and rundll32.exe through a command line. Now I want to do installation of driver using INF programaticly. How Can I do it?

Thanks & Regards,
Amit.

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Hi Amit,

Approach1:

Run the following command through you program:
RUNDLL32.EXE SETUPAPI.DLL,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 D:\WINDDK\3790~1.183\src\filesys\minifilter\MyFilter\passthrough.inf

  • Check if this works in case you have need for silent installations.

Approach 2:

  1. Create the registry entries programmatically.
    You will have to create the keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. Install a sample minifilter and check the entries that are made.

I hope this helps.

~ganesh

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A third option is to call the Setupxxx() API set from an installer. This
would implement your 1) below via the actual Setupxxx() API calls.

Pete

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Hi Amit,

Approach1:

Run the following command through you program:
RUNDLL32.EXE SETUPAPI.DLL,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 D:\WINDDK\3790~1.183\src\filesys\minifilter\MyFilter\passthrough.inf

  • Check if this works in case you have need for silent installations.

Approach 2:

  1. Create the registry entries programmatically.
    You will have to create the keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. Install a sample minifilter and check the entries that are made.

I hope this helps.

~ganesh

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Please recommend particular Setupxxx() API which I can use.

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If you call ShellExecuteEx to run RUNDLL32 make sure you specify the
SEE_MASK_FLAG_DDEWAIT flag so it waits for the installation to complete. If
you call InstallHinfSection yourself and you do it from a 32 bit process
for a 64 bit driver, it may be difficult or impossible to get the file
system redirection issues right.

/Daniel

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> Hi Amit,
>
> Approach1:
> -------------
> Run the following command through you program:
> RUNDLL32.EXE SETUPAPI.DLL,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132
> D:\WINDDK\3790~1.183\src\filesys\minifilter\MyFilter\passthrough.inf
>
> - Check if this works in case you have need for silent installations.
>
> Approach 2:
> --------------
> 1. Create the registry entries programmatically.
> You will have to create the keys under
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services. Install a sample
> minifilter and check the entries that are made.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> ~ganesh
>

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Can I use SetupInstallFromInfSection() or SetupInstallServicesFromInfSection() or SetupInstallServicesFromInfSectionEx()