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| 270609 | 2004-09-09 04:38:00 | If I open up device manager (Win XP Pro SP2) and right-click on the computer name at the top of the list on the right-hand-side I get a single option to "Scan for hardware changes". Is it possible to put a shortcut to this option on the desktop? Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 270610 | 2004-09-09 04:44:00 | It's not much use without the Device Manager. I keep Control Panel in the quick launch area which is the fastest way I can figure of accessing Device Manager apart from right clicking My Computer > Properties but, that's in win2k. Cheers Murray P |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 270611 | 2004-09-09 04:49:00 | > It's not much use without the Device Manager. Well I figured that if I can get a shortcut to run the scan, it'd affect the hardware listed in Device Manager anyway. I shouldn't need to be able to see it on the screen to have it work, right? :) Basically my (external) modem doesn't always load when I turn on the PC (because I don't always turn the modem on), so to get it to work when I want to use it I have to scan for hardware changes (after I've turned the modem on). It'd be nice to have a shortcut to do it for me without having to open up device manager. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 270612 | 2004-09-09 05:08:00 | Mike, I would use the DEVCON utility available from Microsoft DevCon (support.microsoft.com) download and put the i32 version of devcon.exe in the windows or windows\system32 directory, then you can just create a shortcut using the command: devcon rescan and place it on your desktop. Cheers, Babe. |
Babe Ruth (416) | ||
| 270613 | 2004-09-09 05:30:00 | > Mike, > > I would use the DEVCON utility available from > Microsoft > DevCon (support.microsoft.com > EN-US;Q311272) download and put the i32 > version of devcon.exe in the windows or > windows\system32 directory, then you can just create > a shortcut using the command: devcon rescan > and place it on your desktop. Works just how I wanted it to - thanks a million Babe :D :D :D Mike. |
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