Class and device installers are dynamic-link libraries that work in conjunction with the Device Manager to install, configure, and remove devices or classes of devices in the system. Windows® 95 provides a set of default installers that the Device Manager can use to install devices belonging to the default classes. Additionally the Device Manager supports a set of default device installation functions that can be used on a device of any class. If your device or class of device has features that are not supported by the default installers, you can create a new installer for your device or class and direct Device Manager to use the installer whenever the user installs your device or class.
This section describes class and device installers and explains how create and register new installers for use by the Device Manager.