How to get a friendly monitor display name from the DeviceID
David Lowndes
monitors:
DeviceName "\\.\DISPLAY1\Monitor0"
DeviceString "Generic PnP Monitor"
StateFlags 0x00000003
DeviceID
"\\?\DISPLAY#SAM043F#5&2914ef34&0&UID268435460#{e6f07b5f-ee97-4a90-b076-33f57bf4eaa7}"
DeviceKey
"\Registry\Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4d36e96e-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}\0002"
char [128]
However I note that the Windows 7 screen resolution applet (and I
think I recall Vista doing the same) is able to display a friendly
description of the monitor - "SyncMaster" in this case. I assume the
DeviceID SAM043F is the key identifier that it's a Samsung monitor,
but I don't know how to find the descriptive name from this DeviceID.
Dave
Remy Lebeau
"David Lowndes" <Dav...@example.invalid> wrote in message
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> However I note that the Windows 7 screen resolution applet
> (and I think I recall Vista doing the same) is able to display a
> friendly description of the monitor - "SyncMaster" in this case.
> I assume the DeviceID SAM043F is the key identifier that it's
> a Samsung monitor, but I don't know how to find the descriptive
> name from this DeviceID.
The DeviceKey tells you where in the Registry you can find the settings of
the device. For example, on my machine, each monitor DeviceKey has a
"DriverDesc" value that contains the friendly name.
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Remy Lebeau (TeamB)
David Lowndes
>the device. For example, on my machine, each monitor DeviceKey has a
>"DriverDesc" value that contains the friendly name.
Hi Remy,
That registry setting is what appears in the DISPLAY_DEVICE
DeviceString - it's only a full description of the monitor once you've
installed the monitor's driver. Prior to that it's the "Generic PnP
Monitor" monitor text (or the non-Pnp one).
Somehow, W7 (and I think Vista) manage to obtain a more useful
friendly name for the monitor before you have installed the monitor's
driver, and it's that mechanism that I'm trying to duplicate.
Dave