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Mauronofrio
Mauronofrio

Reputation: 9

How to detect a new device plugged in PC VB?

I would to know if it is possible to read when a device is connected to the pc (is not important if it is a usb storage or device or something else). I tried a bit, but I did not find anything. Someone can tell me how to do that? I would like to create something that understands when a device is inserted (maybe with a loop in background) and in case it is inserted it performs a specific action. I'm using VisualBasic .NET 4.5.2 (i can use what .NET version i want).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 740

Answers (1)

Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker

Reputation: 4156

You can use the WMI to raise an event when a storage device is plugged into the computer

'set a reference to system management 
 Imports System.Management
 Public Class Form1
     Private WithEvents w As ManagementEventWatcher
     Private q As WqlEventQuery
     Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
       q = New WqlEventQuery("Select * from Win32_DeviceChangeEvent")
       w = New ManagementEventWatcher(q)
       w.Start()
    End Sub
   Private Sub w_EventArrived(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Management.EventArrivedEventArgs) Handles w.EventArrived
       MessageBox.Show("Device Event", e.Context.ToString)
   End Sub
   Private Sub Form1_Closing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles MyBase.Closing
        w.Stop()
    End Sub
 End Class

http://vb-tips.com/DeviceNotifyWMI.aspx

Upvotes: 1

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