JSI Tip 7482. How do I display a device Properties dialog box from a command-line?

Jerold Schulman

November 24, 2003

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To display a device Properties dialog box from a command line, type:

rundll32.exe devmgr.dll,DeviceProperties_RunDLL /MachineName "<\ComputerName>" /DeviceID ""

where:

<\ComputerName> is null for the local computer.

"" is stored in the enum key of the registry, as in Value Name 0 at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesDiskEnum,
which contains SCSI\Disk&Ven_PERC&Prod_Array&Rev_V1.0\6&b8a65b&0&400 on my workstation, or from the Device Manager Detail tab.

NOTE: The quote marks around the are required if there is a space or an ampersand (&) in the string.

NOTE: See the Type Value Name for driver entries, or DRIVERQUERY.



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