devcon.exe failed: Windows 7

[oyvindbjo]

Hi
I'm having problems installing the test drivers from WDK package on x86
Windows 7. I'm using kernel debugger so signing should not be an issue. The
drivers are built in checked environment, .inf, .sys, coinstaller and
devcon.exe are then copied to a temp folder. Through an administrator command
prompt I try to run:

c:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster>devcon.exe install wdfsimple.inf
"{b85b7c50-6a01-
11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster"
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are installed...
Updating drivers for {b85b7c50-6a01-11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster from
:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster\wdfsimple.inf.
devcon.exe failed.

This has worked fine in Windows XP. Am I forgetting something obvious?

Also, is it possible to get some more information from devcon.exe of why it
failed?
I've also tried to install from "device manager", the response is:
The system cannot find the file specified.

Here to, it would be nice to know which file it cannot find... And wold the
debugger give any information if I have the checked build of Windows 7 and
using devcon.exe?

Regards
Øyvind Bjørnson-Langen

[oyvindbjo]

Ok... by checking the logfile: %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log I found that the
installer didn't find the WDFCoInstaller01009.dll, because I had added the
WDFCoInstaller01009_chk.dll(why doesn't it want the checked one when I
compile the code in a checked environment?).

So now I'm able to install the WDK drivers.... then over to my real problem,
my PCIe driver wont install(works on XP, thought it was relatet to not beeing

Post by oyvindbjo

[Device Install (UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices) - PCI\VEN_10EE]
Section start 2009/10/28 14:45:32.539

cmd: "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\devcon.exe"
install "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\genpci.inf"
PCI\VEN_10EE
dvi: Set selected driver complete.
dvi: {Build Driver List} 14:45:32.548
dvi: Searching for hardware ID(s):
dvi: pci\ven_10ee
cpy: Policy is set to make all digital signatures equal.
dvi: Processing a single INF:
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf'
inf: Opened INF:
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf' ([strings])
dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 14:45:32.552
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 14:45:32.554
dvi: No class installer for 'Unknown driver software package'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 14:45:32.554
dvi: {Select Best Driver}
! dvi: Selecting driver failed(0xe0000228)
dvi: {Select Best Driver - exit(0xe0000228)}
! dvi: Default installer: failed!
! dvi: Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this
device.
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0xe0000228)} 14:45:32.558
<<< Section end 2009/10/28 14:45:32.558
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]

Why wont Windows select my driver even though my .inf file specifies that it
handles PCIe devices with vendor-ID 10EE?

Post by oyvindbjo
Hi
I'm having problems installing the test drivers from WDK package on x86
Windows 7. I'm using kernel debugger so signing should not be an issue. The
drivers are built in checked environment, .inf, .sys, coinstaller and
devcon.exe are then copied to a temp folder. Through an administrator command
c:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster>devcon.exe install wdfsimple.inf
"{b85b7c50-6a01-
11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster"
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are installed...
Updating drivers for {b85b7c50-6a01-11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster from
:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster\wdfsimple.inf.
devcon.exe failed.
This has worked fine in Windows XP. Am I forgetting something obvious?
Also, is it possible to get some more information from devcon.exe of why it
failed?
The system cannot find the file specified.
Here to, it would be nice to know which file it cannot find... And wold the
debugger give any information if I have the checked build of Windows 7 and
using devcon.exe?
Regards
Øyvind Bjørnson-Langen

[Don Burn]

The WDFCoInstaller is tied the the checked versus free OS not the build of
the driver.
--
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr
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Post by oyvindbjo
Ok... by checking the logfile: %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log I found that the
installer didn't find the WDFCoInstaller01009.dll, because I had added the
WDFCoInstaller01009_chk.dll(why doesn't it want the checked one when I
compile the code in a checked environment?).
So now I'm able to install the WDK drivers.... then over to my real problem,
my PCIe driver wont install(works on XP, thought it was relatet to not beeing

Post by oyvindbjo

[Device Install (UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices) - PCI\VEN_10EE]
Section start 2009/10/28 14:45:32.539

cmd: "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\devcon.exe"
install "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\genpci.inf"
PCI\VEN_10EE
dvi: Set selected driver complete.
dvi: {Build Driver List} 14:45:32.548
dvi: pci\ven_10ee
cpy: Policy is set to make all digital signatures equal.
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf'
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf' ([strings])
dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 14:45:32.552
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 14:45:32.554
dvi: No class installer for 'Unknown driver software package'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 14:45:32.554
dvi: {Select Best Driver}
! dvi: Selecting driver failed(0xe0000228)
dvi: {Select Best Driver - exit(0xe0000228)}
! dvi: Default installer: failed!
! dvi: Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this
device.
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0xe0000228)} 14:45:32.558
<<< Section end 2009/10/28 14:45:32.558
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]
Why wont Windows select my driver even though my .inf file specifies that it
handles PCIe devices with vendor-ID 10EE?

Post by oyvindbjo
Hi
I'm having problems installing the test drivers from WDK package on x86
Windows 7. I'm using kernel debugger so signing should not be an issue. The
drivers are built in checked environment, .inf, .sys, coinstaller and
devcon.exe are then copied to a temp folder. Through an administrator command
c:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster>devcon.exe install wdfsimple.inf
"{b85b7c50-6a01-
11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster"
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are installed...
Updating drivers for {b85b7c50-6a01-11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster from
:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster\wdfsimple.inf.
devcon.exe failed.
This has worked fine in Windows XP. Am I forgetting something obvious?
Also, is it possible to get some more information from devcon.exe of why it
failed?
The system cannot find the file specified.
Here to, it would be nice to know which file it cannot find... And wold the
debugger give any information if I have the checked build of Windows 7 and
using devcon.exe?
Regards
Øyvind Bjørnson-Langen

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[oyvindbjo]

well well... my bad
It was a combination of wrong coinstaller file and the use of "devcon.exe
update" instead of "devcon.exe install".... managed to install the driver
from the "device manager" and now "devcon.exe update" works as it should...

Post by oyvindbjo
Ok... by checking the logfile: %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log I found that the
installer didn't find the WDFCoInstaller01009.dll, because I had added the
WDFCoInstaller01009_chk.dll(why doesn't it want the checked one when I
compile the code in a checked environment?).
So now I'm able to install the WDK drivers.... then over to my real problem,
my PCIe driver wont install(works on XP, thought it was relatet to not beeing

Post by oyvindbjo

[Device Install (UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices) - PCI\VEN_10EE]
Section start 2009/10/28 14:45:32.539

cmd: "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\devcon.exe"
install "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\genpci.inf"
PCI\VEN_10EE
dvi: Set selected driver complete.
dvi: {Build Driver List} 14:45:32.548
dvi: pci\ven_10ee
cpy: Policy is set to make all digital signatures equal.
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf'
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf' ([strings])
dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 14:45:32.552
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 14:45:32.554
dvi: No class installer for 'Unknown driver software package'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 14:45:32.554
dvi: {Select Best Driver}
! dvi: Selecting driver failed(0xe0000228)
dvi: {Select Best Driver - exit(0xe0000228)}
! dvi: Default installer: failed!
! dvi: Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this
device.
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0xe0000228)} 14:45:32.558
<<< Section end 2009/10/28 14:45:32.558
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]
Why wont Windows select my driver even though my .inf file specifies that it
handles PCIe devices with vendor-ID 10EE?

Post by oyvindbjo
Hi
I'm having problems installing the test drivers from WDK package on x86
Windows 7. I'm using kernel debugger so signing should not be an issue. The
drivers are built in checked environment, .inf, .sys, coinstaller and
devcon.exe are then copied to a temp folder. Through an administrator command
c:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster>devcon.exe install wdfsimple.inf
"{b85b7c50-6a01-
11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster"
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are installed...
Updating drivers for {b85b7c50-6a01-11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster from
:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster\wdfsimple.inf.
devcon.exe failed.
This has worked fine in Windows XP. Am I forgetting something obvious?
Also, is it possible to get some more information from devcon.exe of why it
failed?
The system cannot find the file specified.
Here to, it would be nice to know which file it cannot find... And wold the
debugger give any information if I have the checked build of Windows 7 and
using devcon.exe?
Regards
Øyvind Bjørnson-Langen

[Don Burn]

The WDFCoInstaller is tied the the checked versus free OS not the build of
the driver.
--
Don Burn (MVP, Windows DKD)
Windows Filesystem and Driver Consulting
Website: http://www.windrvr.com
Blog: http://msmvps.com/blogs/WinDrvr
Remove StopSpam to reply

Post by oyvindbjo
Ok... by checking the logfile: %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log I found that the
installer didn't find the WDFCoInstaller01009.dll, because I had added the
WDFCoInstaller01009_chk.dll(why doesn't it want the checked one when I
compile the code in a checked environment?).
So now I'm able to install the WDK drivers.... then over to my real problem,
my PCIe driver wont install(works on XP, thought it was relatet to not beeing

Post by oyvindbjo

[Device Install (UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices) - PCI\VEN_10EE]
Section start 2009/10/28 14:45:32.539

cmd: "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\devcon.exe"
install "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\genpci.inf"
PCI\VEN_10EE
dvi: Set selected driver complete.
dvi: {Build Driver List} 14:45:32.548
dvi: pci\ven_10ee
cpy: Policy is set to make all digital signatures equal.
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf'
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf' ([strings])
dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 14:45:32.552
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 14:45:32.554
dvi: No class installer for 'Unknown driver software package'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 14:45:32.554
dvi: {Select Best Driver}
! dvi: Selecting driver failed(0xe0000228)
dvi: {Select Best Driver - exit(0xe0000228)}
! dvi: Default installer: failed!
! dvi: Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this
device.
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0xe0000228)} 14:45:32.558
<<< Section end 2009/10/28 14:45:32.558
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]
Why wont Windows select my driver even though my .inf file specifies that it
handles PCIe devices with vendor-ID 10EE?

Post by oyvindbjo
Hi
I'm having problems installing the test drivers from WDK package on x86
Windows 7. I'm using kernel debugger so signing should not be an issue. The
drivers are built in checked environment, .inf, .sys, coinstaller and
devcon.exe are then copied to a temp folder. Through an administrator command
c:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster>devcon.exe install wdfsimple.inf
"{b85b7c50-6a01-
11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster"
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are installed...
Updating drivers for {b85b7c50-6a01-11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster from
:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster\wdfsimple.inf.
devcon.exe failed.
This has worked fine in Windows XP. Am I forgetting something obvious?
Also, is it possible to get some more information from devcon.exe of why it
failed?
The system cannot find the file specified.
Here to, it would be nice to know which file it cannot find... And wold the
debugger give any information if I have the checked build of Windows 7 and
using devcon.exe?
Regards
Øyvind Bjørnson-Langen

__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus
signature database 4551 (20091028) __________
The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.
http://www.eset.com

__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4551 (20091028) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

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[oyvindbjo]

well well... my bad
It was a combination of wrong coinstaller file and the use of "devcon.exe
update" instead of "devcon.exe install".... managed to install the driver
from the "device manager" and now "devcon.exe update" works as it should...

Post by oyvindbjo
Ok... by checking the logfile: %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log I found that the
installer didn't find the WDFCoInstaller01009.dll, because I had added the
WDFCoInstaller01009_chk.dll(why doesn't it want the checked one when I
compile the code in a checked environment?).
So now I'm able to install the WDK drivers.... then over to my real problem,
my PCIe driver wont install(works on XP, thought it was relatet to not beeing

Post by oyvindbjo

[Device Install (UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices) - PCI\VEN_10EE]
Section start 2009/10/28 14:45:32.539

cmd: "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\devcon.exe"
install "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\genpci.inf"
PCI\VEN_10EE
dvi: Set selected driver complete.
dvi: {Build Driver List} 14:45:32.548
dvi: pci\ven_10ee
cpy: Policy is set to make all digital signatures equal.
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf'
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf' ([strings])
dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 14:45:32.552
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 14:45:32.554
dvi: No class installer for 'Unknown driver software package'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 14:45:32.554
dvi: {Select Best Driver}
! dvi: Selecting driver failed(0xe0000228)
dvi: {Select Best Driver - exit(0xe0000228)}
! dvi: Default installer: failed!
! dvi: Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this
device.
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0xe0000228)} 14:45:32.558
<<< Section end 2009/10/28 14:45:32.558
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]
Why wont Windows select my driver even though my .inf file specifies that it
handles PCIe devices with vendor-ID 10EE?

Post by oyvindbjo
Hi
I'm having problems installing the test drivers from WDK package on x86
Windows 7. I'm using kernel debugger so signing should not be an issue. The
drivers are built in checked environment, .inf, .sys, coinstaller and
devcon.exe are then copied to a temp folder. Through an administrator command
c:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster>devcon.exe install wdfsimple.inf
"{b85b7c50-6a01-
11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster"
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are installed...
Updating drivers for {b85b7c50-6a01-11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster from
:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster\wdfsimple.inf.
devcon.exe failed.
This has worked fine in Windows XP. Am I forgetting something obvious?
Also, is it possible to get some more information from devcon.exe of why it
failed?
The system cannot find the file specified.
Here to, it would be nice to know which file it cannot find... And wold the
debugger give any information if I have the checked build of Windows 7 and
using devcon.exe?
Regards
Øyvind Bjørnson-Langen

[oyvindbjo]

Ok... by checking the logfile: %windir%\inf\setupapi.dev.log I found that the
installer didn't find the WDFCoInstaller01009.dll, because I had added the
WDFCoInstaller01009_chk.dll(why doesn't it want the checked one when I
compile the code in a checked environment?).

So now I'm able to install the WDK drivers.... then over to my real problem,
my PCIe driver wont install(works on XP, thought it was relatet to not beeing

Post by oyvindbjo

[Device Install (UpdateDriverForPlugAndPlayDevices) - PCI\VEN_10EE]
Section start 2009/10/28 14:45:32.539

cmd: "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\devcon.exe"
install "C:\Users\radar\Desktop\PCI_CoInstaller_and_INFs\genpci.inf"
PCI\VEN_10EE
dvi: Set selected driver complete.
dvi: {Build Driver List} 14:45:32.548
dvi: Searching for hardware ID(s):
dvi: pci\ven_10ee
cpy: Policy is set to make all digital signatures equal.
dvi: Processing a single INF:
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf'
inf: Opened INF:
'c:\users\radar\desktop\pci_coinstaller_and_infs\genpci.inf' ([strings])
dvi: {Build Driver List - exit(0x00000000)} 14:45:32.552
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV} 14:45:32.554
dvi: No class installer for 'Unknown driver software package'
dvi: No CoInstallers found
dvi: Default installer: Enter 14:45:32.554
dvi: {Select Best Driver}
! dvi: Selecting driver failed(0xe0000228)
dvi: {Select Best Driver - exit(0xe0000228)}
! dvi: Default installer: failed!
! dvi: Error 0xe0000228: There are no compatible drivers for this
device.
dvi: {DIF_SELECTBESTCOMPATDRV - exit(0xe0000228)} 14:45:32.558
<<< Section end 2009/10/28 14:45:32.558
<<< [Exit status: SUCCESS]

Why wont Windows select my driver even though my .inf file specifies that it
handles PCIe devices with vendor-ID 10EE?

Post by oyvindbjo
Hi
I'm having problems installing the test drivers from WDK package on x86
Windows 7. I'm using kernel debugger so signing should not be an issue. The
drivers are built in checked environment, .inf, .sys, coinstaller and
devcon.exe are then copied to a temp folder. Through an administrator command
c:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster>devcon.exe install wdfsimple.inf
"{b85b7c50-6a01-
11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster"
Device node created. Install is complete when drivers are installed...
Updating drivers for {b85b7c50-6a01-11d2-b841-00c04fad5171}\MsToaster from
:\Users\radar\Desktop\toaster\wdfsimple.inf.
devcon.exe failed.
This has worked fine in Windows XP. Am I forgetting something obvious?
Also, is it possible to get some more information from devcon.exe of why it
failed?
The system cannot find the file specified.
Here to, it would be nice to know which file it cannot find... And wold the
debugger give any information if I have the checked build of Windows 7 and
using devcon.exe?
Regards
Øyvind Bjørnson-Langen