automating driver change in device manager

[fndandan]

I am a newbee and wasn't able to find help by searching. I apologize if it is already here somewhere, you kind of need to know the right things to search for...

So:background

I am trying to automate the following instructions I got from a device provider. (attached below) I have to change between 2 versions of the device driver in order to work with 2 different applications.

Problem:

I get stuck when I have to choose "uninstall" at 4. I am not sure I will know how to handle the rest... but lets do it one at a time.

thanks

#Include <GuiTreeView.au3>
Run("mmc devmgmt.msc")
WinWaitActive("Device Manager")
$hTree = ControlGetHandle("Device Manager", "", "[Class:SysTreeView32;Instance:1]")

$hItem = _GUICtrlTreeView_FindItem($hTree, "PCI8R3 System on a Card")
_GUICtrlTreeView_SelectItem($hTree, $hItem, $TVGN_CARET)

; Focus treeview and Send Enter
ControlFocus("Device Manager", "", $hTree)
ControlSend("Device Manager", "", $hTree, "{ENTER}")
;Sleep(500)
;MouseClick("right")
;Sleep(500)
;Send("U")

Exit

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1. Go to Device Manager (Control Panel/System/Hardware/Device Manager

2. click on the + box next to the Physical Acoustics/Mistras heading. A drop-down menu opens

3. right-click on PCI-8 boards

4. click uninstall

5. click on Action in the Device Manager toolbar

6. click Scan for Hardware changes

7. Hardware Wizard appears

8. click Install from a list… click Next

9. click Do not search. I will choose a driver… click Next

10. click Have Disk

11. Browse C: drive Program files

12. choose Physical Acoustics/Mistras

13. click on AEwin for SAMOS

14. click on Drivers folder

15. choose PCIAE54

16. click Finish

[fndandan]

I would like to automate the change between 2 versions of the device driver in order to work with 2 different applications. So I have to uninstall it first.

I am able to open the device manager, choose the right device but somehow cannot get the uninstall chosen and executed. can you help?

#Include <GuiTreeView.au3>
;run device manager
Run("mmc devmgmt.msc")
WinWaitActive("Device Manager")

;get the right device
$hTree = ControlGetHandle("Device Manager", "", "[Class:SysTreeView32;Instance:1]")
$hItem = _GUICtrlTreeView_FindItem($hTree, "PCI8R3 System on a Card")
;select the right device
_GUICtrlTreeView_SelectItem($hTree, $hItem, $TVGN_CARET)

; Focus treeview and Send Enter and right-click and select uninstal
ControlFocus("Device Manager", "", $hTree)
ControlSend("Device Manager", "", $hTree, "{ENTER}")
Sleep(500)
MouseClick("right")
Sleep(500)
Send("U")

Exit

[BrewManNH]

Try it using Run/RunWait and this program. It's called DevManView from Nirsoft and with it you can uninstall a driver from its command line.

[Flash-A-Holic]

Hi! I'm trying to automate driver change in device manager because I have audio problem. When I am using generic Windows High Definition Audio driver sounds are working ONLY from speakers. When I am using specific driver from HP (IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver) sounds are working ONLY from headphones (when plugged in).

So I would like to automate driver change.

• Without headphones --> Windows High Definition Audio
• When headphones plugged in --> IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver
• When headphones plugged iut --> Windows High Definition Audio

I do NOT need to uninstall drivers. I just need this action:

1. Go to Device Manager

2. Click on the + box next to the "audio, video and game controllers". A drop-down menu opens

3. Click on the High Definition Audio device or IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver device

4. New window comes up. Click "Driver"

5. Click "Update Driver"

6. New window comes up. Click "find drivers from computer"

7. Click "Choose a device driver your computer's list"

8. Click right driver (High Definition Audio or IDT High-Definition (HD) Audio)
    - Note: When istalling High Definition Audio there is new windows (old driver warning). The script must click "yes" here.

9. Click "next"

10. Wait that the driver is installed then press "close"

11. Click close 

13. Close Device Manager

So far I only have scipt which opens Device Manager:

;
; AutoIt v3.0
;
#NoTrayIcon     ; AutoIt's icon doesn't show in systray

AutoItSetOption("WinTitleMatchMode", 2)     ;  this allows partial window titles to be valid!

Run(@ComSpec & " /c " & 'devmgmt.msc', "", @SW_HIDE)
Beep(750,175)
Sleep(3500)
Beep(1000,75)
Beep(500,175)
WinWaitActive("Device Manager")
WinSetState ("Device Manager", "", @SW_MAXIMIZE)

Exit     ; finished

 

[Danyfirex]

Look here.

 

Saludos