DriverStore\FileRepository directory name logic?

[David F.]

Hi,

What is the naming convention used in Vista's
%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository folder.

I'm specifically referring to the hexadecimal tail .. *.inf_XXXXXXXX

Is that based on a date, a version, a reference in the registry?

TIA!!

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello David

The numbers after the .inf name are generated automatically to create a
strong name when imported into the driver store. I do not find any
published documents that tell what the number is based on. I will ask the
product group about it. In the meantime, may I know why you would like to
know how the strong name is created? Knowing the background of the business
request may help us provide better answer to you.

Have a nice week!

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[Check Abdoul]

The following API might help you get to the repository given an .INF file
name

SetupGetInfDriverStoreLocation()

You can also use the DIFx API's to get to the DriverRepository.

Cheers
Check Abdoul
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"David F." <df2...@community.nospam> wrote in message
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[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Thank you, Check Abdoul, for the supplement.

Hello David

I am still waiting for the product group's comments on the naming
convention of the INF files in the FileRepository folder. If the info is
not documented and not intended to be published, I suggest that you do not
write codes against it because this kind of undocumented info may change in
future. The recommended solution is to use some documented APIs.
SetupGetInfDriverStoreLocation is a good example. Would you please tell us

why you would like to know how the strong name is created? Knowing the
background of the business request may help us provide better answer to you.

Happy New Year!

Regards,

Jialiang Ge (jia...@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[David F.]

Basically, I need to know where the latest driver files are located. Before
vista you could pretty much rely on the ServicePackFiles\i386 containing the
latest files. With vista everything is all over the place, but if there was
a naming convention, we could make since of it.

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[Mike Lemmon]

For Vista, All drive files, whether new or old, are located in the folder,
DriverStore\FileRepository. To find the latest drive of a certain inf,
SetupGetInfDriverStoreLocation can help.

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[David F.]

So when I'm in the field and system has a problem because of a corrupted
driver and just running in the recovery environment with a command prompt
and I want to copy over the driver. How the heck do I know which is which
.. with everything before vista it was straight forward, easy, and made
since... just get it from the servicepackfiles folder, now I'd have to
search around various folders with no known naming convention to find the
latest version ??

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