Serial port Device's User friendly name

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1

Hi All,

I am writing a serial port driver (USB to serial).

I want to get User friendly name of the serial port device which my driver created. In MJ_START I am reading the registry to get the device name but it fails. I do not want to right a coinstaller dll to do the same. Let me know how to do this in device driver code itself.

Thanks in advance.

Anand

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This is typically done in AddDevice not start. Can you explain the failure
in more detail?

–
Bill McKenzie
Software Engineer - Prism 802.11 Wireless Solutions
Conexant Systems, Inc.

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am writing a serial port driver (USB to serial).
>
> I want to get User friendly name of the serial port device which my driver
> created. In MJ_START I am reading the registry to get the device name but
> it fails. I do not want to right a coinstaller dll to do the same. Let me
> know how to do this in device driver code itself.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Anand
>
> ___________________________________________________________________
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3

If you install your device under the Ports class, the ports class
installer will assign you a name w/out any additional work.

d

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Bill McKenzie
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Subject: Re:[ntdev] Serial port Device’s User friendly name

This is typically done in AddDevice not start. Can you explain the
failure
in more detail?

–
Bill McKenzie
Software Engineer - Prism 802.11 Wireless Solutions
Conexant Systems, Inc.

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am writing a serial port driver (USB to serial).
>
> I want to get User friendly name of the serial port device which my
driver
> created. In MJ_START I am reading the registry to get the device name
but
> it fails. I do not want to right a coinstaller dll to do the same. Let
me
> know how to do this in device driver code itself.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Anand
>
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand.
> Now includes pop-up blocker!
> Only $14.95/month -visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today!
>
>

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I assumed he had done this and was attempting to read the msports provided
name from the “PortName” registry key? Perhaps I assumed too much?

–
Bill McKenzie
Software Engineer - Prism 802.11 Wireless Solutions
Conexant Systems, Inc.

“Doron Holan” wrote in message
news:xxxxx@ntdev…
If you install your device under the Ports class, the ports class
installer will assign you a name w/out any additional work.

d

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Bill McKenzie
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:23 PM
To: Windows System Software Devs Interest List
Subject: Re:[ntdev] Serial port Device’s User friendly name

This is typically done in AddDevice not start. Can you explain the
failure
in more detail?

–
Bill McKenzie
Software Engineer - Prism 802.11 Wireless Solutions
Conexant Systems, Inc.

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>
> Hi All,
>
> I am writing a serial port driver (USB to serial).
>
> I want to get User friendly name of the serial port device which my
driver
> created. In MJ_START I am reading the registry to get the device name
but
> it fails. I do not want to right a coinstaller dll to do the same. Let
me
> know how to do this in device driver code itself.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Anand
>
> ___________________________________________________________________
> Speed up your surfing with Juno SpeedBand.
> Now includes pop-up blocker!
> Only $14.95/month -visit http://www.juno.com/surf to sign up today!
>
>

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