batch file automation for search, fill in results.

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October 3rd, 2012, 07:42 AM
Niclo Iste

batch file automation for search, fill in results.

I'm working on a batch file to make a utility at the office and I'm stumped on one part.

I want to automate the process stated below, preferrably within the confines of a batch file without using outside applications.

1.
Click Start > Search, type cmd, and press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to start a command prompt with Administrator privileges.

2.
Type pnputil -e to list the drivers in the driver store.

3.
Type pnputil -f -d oem<n>.inf to remove specific drivers from driver store, where <n> is a number corresponding to one of the specified drivers listed in the previous step.

If this is too touchy a topic to post publicly, can someone please privately contact me on how to do this?
October 3rd, 2012, 09:14 AM
CeeBee

I'm not sure I understand what you want. If I did then I could help...
You still have to list the drivers. Then choose one to remove.
Maybe I just need another coffee...
October 3rd, 2012, 09:20 AM
Niclo Iste

the value changes per machine because of the order the drivers were installed/volume of drivers differs. I want it to be able to search out a driver name and the number and fill it in for the next command. I also am not familiar with making a batch file give itself admin rights.

So the search part needs to do a wildcard search in the results such as oem15.inf the orange text being the wild card. I would assume oem*.inf would work but I still need to know how to get it to pick that out of the search results one associated with a specific vendor such as samsung or intel. If you try the command out in cmd you'll see what I'm looking at.
October 3rd, 2012, 09:23 AM
SpywareDr

Unfortunately a BATch file cannot "Click" anything. :(
October 3rd, 2012, 09:35 AM
Niclo Iste

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpywareDr

Unfortunately a BATch file cannot "Click" anything. :(

Fortunately windows is a GUI overlayed on a command prompt system. C++ which incidentally most of Windows is written in is used to create GUIs that can complete tasks that were written in a command line format.
October 3rd, 2012, 02:36 PM
CeeBee

So you mean something like:

C:\>removedrivers samsung
Driver remover utility
---------------------
Found drivers:
12 - Universal Serial Bus controllers ~ SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
18 - Ports (COM & LPT) ~ SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
Which one would you like to remove?
>15
Driver 15 is not on the list. Typo?
Which one would you like to remove?
>12
oem12.inf removed successfully
Bye Bye!
October 3rd, 2012, 02:38 PM
Niclo Iste

Not as picky, what I'm trying to create will remove all samsung or whatever vendor I choose.

The thing is the number is not static and changes per machine so I can't just make a command to search out a specific number inf.
October 3rd, 2012, 04:12 PM
CeeBee

It's doable, but not necessarily easy. A batch file wouldn't be my choice, not even close. And honestly, with so many freebies out there why even bother?
But I'll try to produce something just for hahas...
October 4th, 2012, 05:32 AM
SpywareDr

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niclo Iste

C++ which incidentally most of Windows is written in is used to create GUIs that can complete tasks that were written in a command line format.

In your first post you stated ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niclo Iste

I'm working on a batch file ...

I want to automate the process stated below, preferrably within the confines of a batch file ...

1. Click Start > Search, ...

If the "batch file" is no longer a requirement, that changes everything.
October 4th, 2012, 06:19 AM
Niclo Iste

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpywareDr

In your first post you stated ...

If the "batch file" is no longer a requirement, that changes everything.

I'm noticing a trend here with your posts, despite CeeBee's input you are of the stance of "nothing can be done give up all hope". I'm not sure if it's because you think I'm some schmuck who hasn't been in the field for 13 years or if you're just angry at people in general. I've found your responses as of late to not be useful and I'm gladly putting your further posts on the ignore list. If you have nothing constructive to add to the thread feel free to not join in on it.
October 4th, 2012, 06:24 AM
Niclo Iste

Quote:

Originally Posted by CeeBee

It's doable, but not necessarily easy. A batch file wouldn't be my choice, not even close. And honestly, with so many freebies out there why even bother?
But I'll try to produce something just for hahas...

The reason I'm trying to isolate it to a batch and resources readily found in windows is because I have to push this through remotely to 100+ computers local and remotely connected to the office.

Thanks for looking into this CeeBee.
October 4th, 2012, 07:35 AM
Steve R Jones

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niclo Iste

So the search part needs to do a wildcard search in the results such as oem15.inf the orange text being the wild card. I would assume oem*.inf would work but I still need to know how to get it to pick that out of the search results one associated with a specific vendor such as samsung or intel. If you try the command out in cmd you'll see what I'm looking at.

IF {Statement} {If statement is TRUE, perform this action}

You could maybe get it to remove ALL oem*.inf files.... or you'd probably have to list out the possibilities.

IF oem15.inf is found
IF oem16.inf is found etc
October 4th, 2012, 07:44 AM
Niclo Iste

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve R Jones

IF {Statement} {If statement is TRUE, perform this action}

You could maybe get it to remove ALL oem*.inf files.... or you'd probably have to list out the possibilities.

IF oem15.inf is found
IF oem16.inf is found etc

Thanks Steve, but I need to leave the other oem inf files alone or it will affect the other installs. Perhaps an IF statement regarding the oem inf files that can also ID the vendor. I just am not sure of how to get it to ID the vendor of the inf.
October 4th, 2012, 09:56 AM
SpywareDr

Quote:

Originally Posted by Niclo Iste

... you are of the stance of "nothing can be done give up all hope".

??? I was just stating a fact.

You wanted a "batch file" to "click Start". It can't.

I'm sure there are probably some untold number of other ways to solve the problem . . . just not with a batch file. And that's all I meant. No more, no less.
October 4th, 2012, 10:37 AM
CeeBee

Word of caution: it looks for and deletes all matches of the argument of the batch file in provider's name
So if you run PNP.BAT i it will remove pretty much all drivers including Microsoft, Dell Inc., Intel, Samsung Electronic, Co. Ltd...
Make sure there is a unique match...

PNP.BAT batch file:

Code:

@ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION SET LAST_NAME = "" SET LAST_PROVIDER = "" SET PROVIDER_TO_DELETE=%1 %2 %3 IF /I "%1"=="" ( ECHO OOOPSIE... FORGOT TO SPECIFY A NAME??? GOTO END ) FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%i IN ('pnputil.exe -e') DO ( IF /I "%%i"=="Published name " ( SET LAST_NAME="%%j" ) IF /I "%%i"=="Driver package provider " ( SET LAST_PROVIDER="%%j" REM ECHO FIND:%PROVIDER_TO_DELETE% in !LAST_PROVIDER! FOR !LAST_NAME! SET REPLACED_PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER:%PROVIDER_TO_DELETE%=! SET NAME_TO_DELETE=!LAST_NAME: =! IF /I NOT !REPLACED_PROVIDER!==!LAST_PROVIDER! ( SET NAME_TO_DELETE=!LAST_NAME: =! ECHO DELETING DRIVER !NAME_TO_DELETE! PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER! REM ######REMOVE THE REM BELOW TO ACTUALLY DELETE############## REM PNPUTIL.EXE -f -d !NAME_TO_DELETE! ) ELSE ( ECHO SKIPPING DRIVER !NAME_TO_DELETE! PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER! ) ) ) :END

Code:

C:\TEMP>pnp OOOPSIE... FORGOT TO SPECIFY A NAME??? C:\TEMP>pnp samsung electronics SKIPPING DRIVER "oem0.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem1.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem2.inf" PROVIDER=" Intel" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem3.inf" PROVIDER=" ATI Technologies Inc." SKIPPING DRIVER "oem4.inf" PROVIDER=" Intel" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem5.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem6.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem7.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem8.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem9.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem10.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem11.inf" PROVIDER=" Dell Inc." DELETING DRIVER "oem20.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co.,Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem12.inf" PROVIDER=" MagicISO, Inc." DELETING DRIVER "oem21.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co.,Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem30.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronic, Co. Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem13.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" DELETING DRIVER "oem22.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co.,Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem31.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronic, Co. Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem40.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem14.inf" PROVIDER=" Microsoft" DELETING DRIVER "oem23.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem32.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronic, Co. Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem41.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem50.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem15.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem24.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem33.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronics Co., LTD" DELETING DRIVER "oem42.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem51.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem60.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem16.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem25.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem34.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronics Co., LTD" DELETING DRIVER "oem43.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem52.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem61.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem70.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem17.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem26.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem35.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronics Co., LTD" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem44.inf" PROVIDER=" MobileTop" DELETING DRIVER "oem53.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co.,Ltd." DELETING DRIVER "oem62.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem71.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem18.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co.,Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem27.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem36.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronics Co., LTD" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem45.inf" PROVIDER=" Schunid" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem54.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Inc" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem63.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronics" DELETING DRIVER "oem72.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd." DELETING DRIVER "oem19.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co.,Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem28.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem37.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronics Co., LTD" DELETING DRIVER "oem46.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem55.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Inc" SKIPPING DRIVER "oem64.inf" PROVIDER=" Intel Mobile Communications" DELETING DRIVER "oem73.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd." SKIPPING DRIVER "oem29.inf" PROVIDER=" Samsung Electronic, Co. Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem38.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem47.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem56.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Inc" DELETING DRIVER "oem65.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem74.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem39.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem48.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem57.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co.,Ltd." DELETING DRIVER "oem66.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem75.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd." DELETING DRIVER "oem49.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem58.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem67.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem76.inf" PROVIDER=" libusb.org" DELETING DRIVER "oem59.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " DELETING DRIVER "oem68.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem77.inf" PROVIDER=" libusb-win32" DELETING DRIVER "oem69.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " SKIPPING DRIVER "oem78.inf" PROVIDER=" libusb.org" DELETING DRIVER "oem79.inf" PROVIDER=" SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd. " C:\TEMP>
October 4th, 2012, 10:41 AM
Niclo Iste

Wow, thanks! I'll try this out and see what the results are.
January 27th, 2014, 09:53 AM
MTheis

Quote:

Originally Posted by CeeBee

Word of caution: it looks for and deletes all matches of the argument of the batch file in provider's name
So if you run PNP.BAT i it will remove pretty much all drivers including Microsoft, Dell Inc., Intel, Samsung Electronic, Co. Ltd...
Make sure there is a unique match...

Hi CeeBee,

I´ve been searching for hours for a script / batch like this. But it seems that it is not working on a german Windows Vista Business x86 Sp2. I copied the code into a batch called pnp.bat and opened a cmd with administrative rights. So when I call the pnp.bat without parameters I get the respsonse OOPSIE and so son. But when I call the pnp.bat with a parameter like samsung ... nothing seems to happen. Any idea?

with kind regards from germany

M. Theis
January 27th, 2014, 03:24 PM
CeeBee

If nothing happens then it's likely that pnputil.exe -e produces no output. I'd look into why that happens. Sorry I don't have a Vista to try. Or maybe it doesn't spit out "Published name" and "Provider" but the equivalent in German? You'd have to match the proper strings...
January 28th, 2014, 07:15 AM
MTheis

Quote:

Originally Posted by CeeBee

If nothing happens then it's likely that pnputil.exe -e produces no output. I'd look into why that happens. Sorry I don't have a Vista to try. Or maybe it doesn't spit out "Published name" and "Provider" but the equivalent in German? You'd have to match the proper strings...

Hi Ceebee,

thanks for response. So here is what I changed in the script (marked red):

Code:

@ECHO OFF CHCP 1252 SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION SET LAST_NAME = "" SET LAST_PROVIDER = "" SET PROVIDER_TO_DELETE=%1 %2 %3 IF /I "%1"=="" ( ECHO OOOPSIE... FORGOT TO SPECIFY A NAME??? GOTO END ) FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%i IN ('pnputil.exe -e') DO ( IF /I "%%i"=="Veröffentlichter Name " ( SET LAST_NAME="%%j" ) IF /I "%%i"=="Treiberpaketanbieter " ( SET LAST_PROVIDER="%%j" ECHO FIND:%PROVIDER_TO_DELETE% in !LAST_PROVIDER! FOR !LAST_NAME! SET REPLACED_PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER:%PROVIDER_TO_DELETE%=! SET NAME_TO_DELETE=!LAST_NAME: =! IF /I NOT !REPLACED_PROVIDER!==!LAST_PROVIDER! ( SET NAME_TO_DELETE=!LAST_NAME: =! ECHO DELETING DRIVER !NAME_TO_DELETE! PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER! REM ######REMOVE THE REM BELOW TO ACTUALLY DELETE############## REM PNPUTIL.EXE -f -d !NAME_TO_DELETE! ) ELSE ( ECHO SKIPPING DRIVER !NAME_TO_DELETE! PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER! ) ) ) :END

And here is the output of pnputil -e

Quote:

C:\TEMP>pnputil -e
Microsoft-PnP-Dienstprogramm

Veröffentlichter Name: oem0.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Microsoft
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: Unbekannte Treiberversion und unbekanntes Treiberdatu
m
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows

Veröffentlichter Name: oem1.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Microsoft
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: Unbekannte Treiberversion und unbekanntes Treiberdatu
m
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows

Veröffentlichter Name: oem2.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: AnalogDevices
Klasse : Audio-, Video- und Gamecontroller
Treiberversion und -datum: 07/10/2007 6.10.01.5490
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem3.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Netzwerkadapter
Treiberversion und -datum: 04/13/2007 9.8.20.0
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem4.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Netzwerkadapter
Treiberversion und -datum: 04/13/2007 9.8.20.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem5.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Microsoft
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: Unbekannte Treiberversion und unbekanntes Treiberdatu
m
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows

Veröffentlichter Name: oem6.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Anschlüsse (COM & LPT)
Treiberversion und -datum: 03/20/2007 5.4.0.1065
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem7.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 05/11/2007 3.0.30.1086
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem8.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/06/2007 8.3.0.1011
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem9.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : IDE ATA/ATAPI-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 01/13/2007 8.3.0.1008
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem10.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/05/2007 8.3.0.1011
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem11.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : IDE ATA/ATAPI-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/05/2007 8.3.0.1011
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem20.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: VMware, Inc.
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 05/21/2009 4.0.4.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem12.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 01/13/2007 8.3.0.1008
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem21.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: VMware, Inc.
Klasse : Netzwerkdienst
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/29/2012 4.1.4.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem30.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: HTC
Klasse : Netzwerkprotokoll
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/25/2010 1.0.0.1
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem13.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/05/2007 8.3.0.1011
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem22.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: VMware, Inc.
Klasse : Netzwerkadapter
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/29/2012 4.1.4.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem31.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: EPSON
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: 07/18/2012 1.31.00.00
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem14.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: AnalogDevices
Klasse : Audio-, Video- und Gamecontroller
Treiberversion und -datum: 07/08/2008 6.10.01.5860
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem23.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: VMware, Inc.
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/16/2012 9.3.51.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem32.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: EPSON
Klasse : Bildverarbeitungsgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 03/15/2012 3.7.9.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem15.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Samsung
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: 07/04/2007 3.04.32
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem24.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Klasse : PCMCIA-Adapter
Treiberversion und -datum: 10/23/2006 1.02
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem16.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel Corporation
Klasse : Grafikkarte
Treiberversion und -datum: 04/18/2008 7.15.10.1472
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem25.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: SafeNet Inc.
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/28/2012 6.25
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem17.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Trend Micro
Klasse : Netzwerkdienst
Treiberversion und -datum: 01/09/2013 5.82.0.1062
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem26.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: SafeNet Inc.
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/28/2012 6.25
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem18.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: DameWare Development
Klasse : Grafikkarte
Treiberversion und -datum: 03/14/2008 1.1.0.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem27.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: SafeNet Inc.
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/28/2012 6.25
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem19.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: DameWare
Klasse : Tastaturen
Treiberversion und -datum: 04/10/2007 1.0.0.1
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem28.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: FTDI
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 05/19/2006 2.00.00
Name des Signaturgebers:

Veröffentlichter Name: oem29.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: EPSON
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/03/2013 1.61.00.00
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

One thing confuses me. When I use "pnputil -e" the output looks like above. But when I try to send the output to file with "pnputil -e > output.txt" ... the outputfile is being created but stays empty.

Any idea?

With kind regards

Michael
January 28th, 2014, 08:16 AM
MTheis

Oh no waited to long for sending post ... so here again the 2nd try.

Hi CeeBee, thanks for the response.

I changed the batch file to match German language (changes are marked red)

Code:

@ECHO OFF CHCP 850 SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION SET LAST_NAME = "" SET LAST_PROVIDER = "" SET PROVIDER_TO_DELETE=%1 %2 %3 IF /I "%1"=="" ( ECHO OOOPSIE... FORGOT TO SPECIFY A NAME??? GOTO END ) FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%i IN ('pnputil.exe -e') DO ( IF /I "%%i"=="Veröffentlichter Name " ( SET LAST_NAME="%%j" ) IF /I "%%i"=="Treiberpaketanbieter " ( SET LAST_PROVIDER="%%j" ECHO FIND:%PROVIDER_TO_DELETE% in !LAST_PROVIDER! FOR !LAST_NAME! SET REPLACED_PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER:%PROVIDER_TO_DELETE%=! SET NAME_TO_DELETE=!LAST_NAME: =! IF /I NOT !REPLACED_PROVIDER!==!LAST_PROVIDER! ( SET NAME_TO_DELETE=!LAST_NAME: =! ECHO DELETING DRIVER !NAME_TO_DELETE! PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER! REM ######REMOVE THE REM BELOW TO ACTUALLY DELETE############## REM PNPUTIL.EXE -f -d !NAME_TO_DELETE! ) ELSE ( ECHO SKIPPING DRIVER !NAME_TO_DELETE! PROVIDER=!LAST_PROVIDER! ) ) ) :END

An here is the output from ponputil -e (copied from cmd because it is not possible to write the output to file. The MSDN page for WriteConsole says that redirecting standard output to a file causes WriteConsole to fail and that WriteFile should be used instead. The debugger confirms that pnputil.exe does call kernel32!WriteConsoleW and kernel32!WriteConsoleInputW.)

Quote:

C:\TEMP>pnputil -e
Microsoft-PnP-Dienstprogramm

Veröffentlichter Name: oem0.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Microsoft
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: Unbekannte Treiberversion und unbekanntes Treiberdatu
m
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows

Veröffentlichter Name: oem1.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Microsoft
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: Unbekannte Treiberversion und unbekanntes Treiberdatu
m
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows

Veröffentlichter Name: oem2.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: AnalogDevices
Klasse : Audio-, Video- und Gamecontroller
Treiberversion und -datum: 07/10/2007 6.10.01.5490
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem3.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Netzwerkadapter
Treiberversion und -datum: 04/13/2007 9.8.20.0
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem4.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Netzwerkadapter
Treiberversion und -datum: 04/13/2007 9.8.20.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem5.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Microsoft
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: Unbekannte Treiberversion und unbekanntes Treiberdatu
m
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows

Veröffentlichter Name: oem6.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Anschlüsse (COM & LPT)
Treiberversion und -datum: 03/20/2007 5.4.0.1065
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem7.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 05/11/2007 3.0.30.1086
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem8.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/06/2007 8.3.0.1011
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem9.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : IDE ATA/ATAPI-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 01/13/2007 8.3.0.1008
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem10.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/05/2007 8.3.0.1011
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem11.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : IDE ATA/ATAPI-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/05/2007 8.3.0.1011
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem20.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: VMware, Inc.
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 05/21/2009 4.0.4.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem12.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 01/13/2007 8.3.0.1008
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem21.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: VMware, Inc.
Klasse : Netzwerkdienst
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/29/2012 4.1.4.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem30.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: HTC
Klasse : Netzwerkprotokoll
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/25/2010 1.0.0.1
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem13.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/05/2007 8.3.0.1011
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem22.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: VMware, Inc.
Klasse : Netzwerkadapter
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/29/2012 4.1.4.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem31.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: EPSON
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: 07/18/2012 1.31.00.00
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem14.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: AnalogDevices
Klasse : Audio-, Video- und Gamecontroller
Treiberversion und -datum: 07/08/2008 6.10.01.5860
Name des Signaturgebers: Microsoft Windows Hardware Compatibility Publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem23.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: VMware, Inc.
Klasse : Systemgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 02/16/2012 9.3.51.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem32.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: EPSON
Klasse : Bildverarbeitungsgeräte
Treiberversion und -datum: 03/15/2012 3.7.9.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem15.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Samsung
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: 07/04/2007 3.04.32
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem24.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Klasse : PCMCIA-Adapter
Treiberversion und -datum: 10/23/2006 1.02
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem16.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Intel Corporation
Klasse : Grafikkarte
Treiberversion und -datum: 04/18/2008 7.15.10.1472
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem25.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: SafeNet Inc.
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/28/2012 6.25
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem17.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: Trend Micro
Klasse : Netzwerkdienst
Treiberversion und -datum: 01/09/2013 5.82.0.1062
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem26.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: SafeNet Inc.
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/28/2012 6.25
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem18.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: DameWare Development
Klasse : Grafikkarte
Treiberversion und -datum: 03/14/2008 1.1.0.0
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem27.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: SafeNet Inc.
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/28/2012 6.25
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem19.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: DameWare
Klasse : Tastaturen
Treiberversion und -datum: 04/10/2007 1.0.0.1
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Veröffentlichter Name: oem28.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: FTDI
Klasse : USB-Controller
Treiberversion und -datum: 05/19/2006 2.00.00
Name des Signaturgebers:

Veröffentlichter Name: oem29.inf
Treiberpaketanbieter: EPSON
Klasse : Drucker
Treiberversion und -datum: 06/03/2013 1.61.00.00
Name des Signaturgebers: microsoft windows hardware compatibility publisher

Do you have any further ideas?
January 28th, 2014, 05:09 PM
CeeBee

I was able to output to a file, no issue.
Try this in a COMMAND PROMPT:

Code:

FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %i IN ('pnputil.exe -e') DO ECHO %i %j %k %l

Let's see what it outputs.
January 29th, 2014, 12:05 AM
MTheis

Quote:

Originally Posted by CeeBee

Let's see what it outputs.

Hi CeeBee, here it is... or not

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Output:

C:\TEMP>SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

C:\TEMP>FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %i IN ('pnputil.exe -e') DO ECHO %i %j %k %l

C:\TEMP>
January 29th, 2014, 10:14 AM
CeeBee

Well it must be something related to Vista or to the German one.. no idea.. works for me...

Code:

C:\>FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %i IN ('pnputil.exe -e') DO ECHO %i %j %k %l C:\>ECHO Microsoft PnP Utility %k %l Microsoft PnP Utility %k %l C:\>ECHO Published name oem0.inf %k %l Published name oem0.inf %k %l C:\>ECHO Driver package provider Microsoft %k %l Driver package provider Microsoft %k %l C:\>ECHO Class Printers %k %l Class Printers %k %l C:\>ECHO Driver date and version 06/21/2006 6.1.7600.16385 %k %l Driver date and version 06/21/2006 6.1.7600.16385 %k %l C:\>ECHO Signer name Microsoft Windows %k %l Signer name Microsoft Windows %k %l C:\>ECHO Published name oem1.inf %k %l Published name oem1.inf %k %l C:\>ECHO Driver package provider Microsoft %k %l Driver package provider Microsoft %k %l C:\>ECHO Class Printers %k %l Class Printers %k %l C:\>ECHO Driver date and version 06/21/2006 6.1.7601.17514 %k %l Driver date and version 06/21/2006 6.1.7601.17514 %k %l
February 4th, 2014, 01:45 PM
MTheis

Hi CeeBee,

thanks for all. I still don´t know why your batch isn´t working for me, so I had to write it on my own and found a nice solution for doing this. Hope this will help others, too.

Code:

@echo off c: cd c:\windows\inf REM 1st run to test if the result is correctly for /f "delims=:" %%a in ('findstr "\<drivername.CAT\>" "*.inf"') do echo "%%a" 2>nul REM 2nd run only remove next REM if you are sure what you are doing REM for /f "delims=:" %%a in ('findstr "\<drivername.CAT\>" "*.inf"') do pnputil -f -d "%%a"