HOWTO: Specify Static DevLoaders and Device Drivers in an .inf

 Last reviewed: February 6, 1998
Article ID: Q180578
The information in this article applies to:
  • Windows 95 Device Driver Kit (DDK), version 4.0

SUMMARY

A Windows 95 .inf file may need to specify static DevLoaders and Device Drivers. You must precede the name of any static DevLoader with an asterisk when you specify it. You cannot use an extension. For example, to specify Configuration Manager as a DevLoader, the AddReg section would include the following line: 

   HKR,,DevLoader,,*CONFIGMG
The .inf file format that is used to load a device's PnP virtual device driver (VxD) is dependent on the DevLoader previously specified. When you use Configuration Manager as the DevLoader, the AddReg entry for a device's dynamically loadable VxD would be: 

   HKR,,DeviceDriver,,MYDEVICE.VXD
However, when you use Configuration Manager as the DevLoader and specify a static PnP VxD for a device, you must again precede the name with an asterisk and omit the extension. If MYDEVICE.VXD is a static VxD, the .inf entry would then be: 

   HKR,,DeviceDriver,,*MYDEVICE
DevLoaders other than Configuration Manager may have different .inf driver name format requirements.

REFERENCES

Windows 95 Device Driver Kit: PnP; PnP samples 

Version           : WIN95
Platform          : Win95
Issue type        : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: February 6, 1998
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