Is it possible for VBScript to check whether a specific device is in Device Manager?
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In my Device Manager, there is "Realtek USB FE Family Controller". After the computer wakes up from sleep mode, sometimes the controller cannot be recognised, and "TK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe" needs to be run so as to get it recognised.
Is it possible for VBScript to check whether the controller is there? If it is not there, the following command will be run.
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
windows-10 vbscript device-manager
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In my Device Manager, there is "Realtek USB FE Family Controller". After the computer wakes up from sleep mode, sometimes the controller cannot be recognised, and "TK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe" needs to be run so as to get it recognised.
Is it possible for VBScript to check whether the controller is there? If it is not there, the following command will be run.
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
windows-10 vbscript device-manager
asked Feb 21 at 11:36
Matthew Wai
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Why do you need to use VBScript, a technology from the mid-1990s to do this. Why not use PowerShell and theGet-PnpDevicecmdlet?
– Peter Hahndorf
Feb 21 at 15:33
I want VBScript because it will not bring up a command window, and I don't know how to use PowerShell.
– Matthew Wai
Feb 21 at 15:45
It seems like (at least in theory) that this should be possible. Googling didn't reveal any direct way to query items in the device manager (though there could be) but it does seem you can get a list of items with VBScript (so you could potentially compare names/info and see whether a device was listed or not). The basic approaches seemed to either use the WMI interfaces for VBScript directly to get items or to parse the output of msinfo32.exe.
– Anaksunaman
Feb 24 at 12:40
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In my Device Manager, there is "Realtek USB FE Family Controller". After the computer wakes up from sleep mode, sometimes the controller cannot be recognised, and "TK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe" needs to be run so as to get it recognised.
Is it possible for VBScript to check whether the controller is there? If it is not there, the following command will be run.
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
windows-10 vbscript device-manager
asked Feb 21 at 11:36
Matthew Wai
3211418
In my Device Manager, there is "Realtek USB FE Family Controller". After the computer wakes up from sleep mode, sometimes the controller cannot be recognised, and "TK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe" needs to be run so as to get it recognised.
Is it possible for VBScript to check whether the controller is there? If it is not there, the following command will be run.
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
windows-10 vbscript device-manager
windows-10 vbscript device-manager
asked Feb 21 at 11:36
Matthew Wai
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asked Feb 21 at 11:36
Matthew Wai
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asked Feb 21 at 11:36
Matthew Wai
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asked Feb 21 at 11:36
Matthew Wai
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asked Feb 21 at 11:36
Matthew Wai
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Why do you need to use VBScript, a technology from the mid-1990s to do this. Why not use PowerShell and theGet-PnpDevicecmdlet?
– Peter Hahndorf
Feb 21 at 15:33
I want VBScript because it will not bring up a command window, and I don't know how to use PowerShell.
– Matthew Wai
Feb 21 at 15:45
It seems like (at least in theory) that this should be possible. Googling didn't reveal any direct way to query items in the device manager (though there could be) but it does seem you can get a list of items with VBScript (so you could potentially compare names/info and see whether a device was listed or not). The basic approaches seemed to either use the WMI interfaces for VBScript directly to get items or to parse the output of msinfo32.exe.
– Anaksunaman
Feb 24 at 12:40
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Why do you need to use VBScript, a technology from the mid-1990s to do this. Why not use PowerShell and theGet-PnpDevicecmdlet?
– Peter Hahndorf
Feb 21 at 15:33
I want VBScript because it will not bring up a command window, and I don't know how to use PowerShell.
– Matthew Wai
Feb 21 at 15:45
It seems like (at least in theory) that this should be possible. Googling didn't reveal any direct way to query items in the device manager (though there could be) but it does seem you can get a list of items with VBScript (so you could potentially compare names/info and see whether a device was listed or not). The basic approaches seemed to either use the WMI interfaces for VBScript directly to get items or to parse the output of msinfo32.exe.
– Anaksunaman
Feb 24 at 12:40
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Why do you need to use VBScript, a technology from the mid-1990s to do this. Why not use PowerShell and the
Get-PnpDevice cmdlet?– Peter Hahndorf
Feb 21 at 15:33
Why do you need to use VBScript, a technology from the mid-1990s to do this. Why not use PowerShell and the
Get-PnpDevice cmdlet?– Peter Hahndorf
Feb 21 at 15:33
I want VBScript because it will not bring up a command window, and I don't know how to use PowerShell.
– Matthew Wai
Feb 21 at 15:45
I want VBScript because it will not bring up a command window, and I don't know how to use PowerShell.
– Matthew Wai
Feb 21 at 15:45
It seems like (at least in theory) that this should be possible. Googling didn't reveal any direct way to query items in the device manager (though there could be) but it does seem you can get a list of items with VBScript (so you could potentially compare names/info and see whether a device was listed or not). The basic approaches seemed to either use the WMI interfaces for VBScript directly to get items or to parse the output of msinfo32.exe.
– Anaksunaman
Feb 24 at 12:40
It seems like (at least in theory) that this should be possible. Googling didn't reveal any direct way to query items in the device manager (though there could be) but it does seem you can get a list of items with VBScript (so you could potentially compare names/info and see whether a device was listed or not). The basic approaches seemed to either use the WMI interfaces for VBScript directly to get items or to parse the output of msinfo32.exe.
– Anaksunaman
Feb 24 at 12:40
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You can use the win32_PnPEntity WMI class. Here we're just iterating through and checking for devices that have that description:
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\" & strComputer & "rootCIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PnPEntity")
For Each objItem In colItems
If InStr(1, objItem.Description, "Realtek USB FE Family Controller", 1) > 0 Then
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
End If
Next
If that doesn't work you may also need to test for objItem.Present or objItem.Status
answered Nov 21 at 11:17
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You can use the win32_PnPEntity WMI class. Here we're just iterating through and checking for devices that have that description:
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\" & strComputer & "rootCIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PnPEntity")
For Each objItem In colItems
If InStr(1, objItem.Description, "Realtek USB FE Family Controller", 1) > 0 Then
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
End If
Next
If that doesn't work you may also need to test for objItem.Present or objItem.Status
answered Nov 21 at 11:17
shawn
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You can use the win32_PnPEntity WMI class. Here we're just iterating through and checking for devices that have that description:
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\" & strComputer & "rootCIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PnPEntity")
For Each objItem In colItems
If InStr(1, objItem.Description, "Realtek USB FE Family Controller", 1) > 0 Then
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
End If
Next
If that doesn't work you may also need to test for objItem.Present or objItem.Status
answered Nov 21 at 11:17
shawn
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You can use the win32_PnPEntity WMI class. Here we're just iterating through and checking for devices that have that description:
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\" & strComputer & "rootCIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PnPEntity")
For Each objItem In colItems
If InStr(1, objItem.Description, "Realtek USB FE Family Controller", 1) > 0 Then
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
End If
Next
If that doesn't work you may also need to test for objItem.Present or objItem.Status
answered Nov 21 at 11:17
shawn
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You can use the win32_PnPEntity WMI class. Here we're just iterating through and checking for devices that have that description:
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\" & strComputer & "rootCIMV2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_PnPEntity")
For Each objItem In colItems
If InStr(1, objItem.Description, "Realtek USB FE Family Controller", 1) > 0 Then
CreateObject("wscript.shell").run("""C:RTK_NIC_DRIVER_INSTALLER.sfx.exe"""),0
End If
Next
If that doesn't work you may also need to test for objItem.Present or objItem.Status
answered Nov 21 at 11:17
shawn
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answered Nov 21 at 11:17
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Why do you need to use VBScript, a technology from the mid-1990s to do this. Why not use PowerShell and the
Get-PnpDevicecmdlet?– Peter Hahndorf
Feb 21 at 15:33
I want VBScript because it will not bring up a command window, and I don't know how to use PowerShell.
– Matthew Wai
Feb 21 at 15:45
It seems like (at least in theory) that this should be possible. Googling didn't reveal any direct way to query items in the device manager (though there could be) but it does seem you can get a list of items with VBScript (so you could potentially compare names/info and see whether a device was listed or not). The basic approaches seemed to either use the WMI interfaces for VBScript directly to get items or to parse the output of msinfo32.exe.
– Anaksunaman
Feb 24 at 12:40