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Jim Fell
Jim Fell

Reputation: 14254

Obtaining GUID for Existing USB Device on Windows XP

I need to find the GUID for an existing USB device attached to my Windows XP system. How can this be done using WMI or the registry? Or, is there another avenue that I should explore? Thanks.

Additional Information:

I need to find the GUID for a specific known device; it is not expected to change. If I need to write a little program, use some tool, or look somewhere in the Windows system to find this information, it's all the same to me.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 28188

Answers (3)

oLinkWebDevelopment
oLinkWebDevelopment

Reputation: 1981

Control Panel > Device Manager > Right Click on Device > Properties > Details Tab > Change 'Property' to Driver Key > Guid will be displayed in 'value' section

Upvotes: 5

Jim Fell
Jim Fell

Reputation: 14254

DevViewer from Symantec also seems to do the trick.

Upvotes: 1

Josh Kelley
Josh Kelley

Reputation: 58382

For a specific known device, the easiest way I've found is to open the .inf file for that device's driver (if you have the driver); it should be clearly indicated there.

You can probably also poke around under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB.

Upvotes: 4

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