Installing a driver via pnputil

Question

I'm trying to install an .inf file via NSIS like (Installing a driver in NSIS script).

Installation itself works smooth, but Windows installs the driver with its internal published name (an incrementing number oemxxx.inf).

How can I get pnputil.exe to give me the published name as return value (for later usage)?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '16 at 08:36

What I did to get the published drivername in nsis is this hell of a workaround:

put the list of installed drivers to a text-file via pnputil /e > driverlist_before.txt
install new driver via pnputil /i /a mydriver.inf
put the list of installed drivers to a text-file via pnputil /e > driverlist_after.txt
put following code in a .cmd file and execute it via nsExec

content of GetPublishedDrivername.cmd

@echo off
:: look at differences between files and just keep the line with the oem info
fc mydriverlist_before.txt mydriverlist_after.txt | findstr /C:"oem" > diff.txt
:: cut result and keep second part               "           oem##.inf"
for /f "tokens1,2 delims=:" %%a in (diff.txt) do (
  if "%%a"=="Published name " set info=%%b
)
:: get rid of leading spaces                     "oem##.inf"
for /f "tokens=* delims= " %%a in ("%info%") do set info=%%a
:: split "oem##.inf" and keep first part         "oem##"
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims=." %%a in ("%info%") do set info=%%a 
:: get of the oem part                           "##"
set info=%info:oem=%
:: convert string into int value
set /a info=%info%
del diff.txt
:: return number as result
exit /b %info%

This script can surely be optimized, every input is welcome.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '16 at 05:11

I think that is not possible. Here is a list of all commands of PnPUtil:

Microsoft PnP Utility

Usage:

pnputil.exe [-f | -i] [ -? | -a | -d | -e ]

Examples:

pnputil.exe -a a:\usbcam\USBCAM.INF -> Add package specified by USBCAM.INF

pnputil.exe -a c:\drivers*.inf -> Add all packages in c:\drivers\

pnputil.exe -i -a a:\usbcam\USBCAM.INF -> Add and install driver package

pnputil.exe -e -> Enumerate all 3rd party packages

pnputil.exe -d oem0.inf -> Delete package oem0.inf

pnputil.exe -f -d oem0.inf -> Force delete package oem0.inf

pnputil.exe -? -> This usage screen

So you cannot extract that information and pass it to NSIS easily :(

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 12 '17 at 19:33

Pnputil won't do it, but you can get details about the oem(number).inf file by doing

     dism /online /get-driverinfo /driver:oem(number).inf

You will get back a listing like:

Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 10.0.14393.0

Image Version: 10.0.14393.0

Driver package information:

Published Name : oem3.inf Driver Store Path : C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\us003.inf_amd64_daf71ec003559d2a\us003.inf Class Name : Printer Class Description : Printers Class GUID : {4D36E979-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} Date : 9/14/2015 Version : 3.0.3.0 Boot Critical : No

Drivers for architecture : x86

Manufacturer : Samsung
Description : Samsung Universal Print Driver 3
Architecture : x86
Hardware ID : USBPRINT\SamsungML-21500EDE
Service Name : 
Compatible IDs : 
Exclude IDs : 

Manufacturer : Samsung
Description : Samsung Universal Print Driver 3
Architecture : x86
Hardware ID : WSDPRINT\SamsungML-21500EDE
Service Name : 
Compatible IDs : 
Exclude IDs : 

Manufacturer : Samsung
Description : Samsung Universal Print Driver 3
Architecture : x86
Hardware ID : USBPRINT\SamsungSCX-6x45_Seri402B
Service Name : 
Compatible IDs : 
Exclude IDs :

.... with maybe many others

This output is similarly useless as the one from PNPUtil, so I'm not sure how your answer helps with the posted question? — YePhIcK, Apr 01 '19 at 21:23
It helps you match the "useless" numerical name generated by PNPUtil /e in Slappy's comment to actual information about the hardware. — Jens Fiederer, Apr 02 '19 at 22:35
but how does that help with the NSIS script (the initial question)? — YePhIcK, Apr 02 '19 at 22:48
Point made, that should have been separated into COMMENTS rather than posted as an ANSWER. Thanks. — Jens Fiederer, Apr 05 '19 at 03:02

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 09 '19 at 19:19

I know this is an old question but maybe this answer is still useful for someone... This is what I use:

SET OEMNUM=-1
FOR /L %%G IN (1,1,200) DO (
dism /online /get-driverinfo /driver:oem%%G.inf >temp.txt
find "something.inf" temp.txt >nul && SET OEMNUM=%%G
)
pnputil /delete-driver oem%oemnum%.inf /force

Basically it checks the details of every OEM# until it finds the INF you are looking for and then, using pnputil, deletes it. If it isn't there, pnputil will attempt to delete "oem-1.inf", which does not exists (it goes from 0 to infinity).

Installing a driver via pnputil

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