How to get device id for desktop Application

Shefali Lahariya

8y9kWindows Forms

Hi,

How to get device id for desktop Application(winform)

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Panna Chatterjee8y ago
You need to access Device Instance ID.In order to do that you may need Windows Driver Kit, which is integrated with VS2017.

You need to add namespace called System.Management.Right-click References on the right and manually add System.Management.

As I've tried out to trace other stuff with console application as I'm using VS2010,so I unable to test with Device Instance ID.

The console code looks like

ManagementObjectSearcher objSearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from Win32_PnPSignedDriver");
ManagementObjectCollection objCollection = objSearcher.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject obj in objCollection)
{
string info = String.Format("Device='{0}',Manufacturer='{1}',DriverVersion='{2}' ", obj["DeviceName"], obj["Manufacturer"], obj["DriverVersion"]);
//string info = String.Format("Device ID='{0}'", obj["Device Instance Path"]);
Console.Out.WriteLine(info);
}
Console.Write("\n\nAny key...");
Console.ReadKey();

Now in your case you can play around if you get Windows Driver Kit

In that case you can tryout similar code

ManagementObjectSearcher moSearch = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from Win32_PnPSignedDriver");
foreach (var mo in moSearch.Get())
{
var DII= mo["Device Instance Path"];
Console.Write(DII);
}
Console.Read();

References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/device-instance-ids
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/#wdkgloss-devnode
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Amit Gupta8y ago
You need to be sure for what device id you want to fetch, there are numerous amount of devices attaced to a system like harddisk serial ni, motherboard id etc.
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Srikant Maruwada8y ago
Hi Ramesh,

Are you looking for Machine Name.

Machine Name can be fetched using Environment.MachineName.
And if you are looking for fetching MAC Addrress then refer below code.

  public static string GetMACAddress()

    {

        ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass("Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration");

        ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances();

        string MACAddress = String.Empty;

        foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc)

        {

            if (MACAddress == String.Empty)

            {

                if ((bool)mo["IPEnabled"] == true) MACAddress = mo["MacAddress"].ToString();

            }

            mo.Dispose();

        }



        MACAddress = MACAddress.Replace(":", "");

        return MACAddress;

    }
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Shefali Lahariya8y ago
hi,
no every system and device have a device id...its a part of hardware detail
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Ramesh Palanivel8y ago
Which mean, Ip address of your computer?
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Shefali Lahariya8y ago
Hi ramesh,

i am working on desktop application using winform, i need to send device id to server.
so how to get device d of my hardware
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Ramesh Palanivel8y ago
Hi Shefali,

Device Id in the sense, which device?
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