Devicecleanup.exe Apr 2026

std::wcout << L"Total non-present devices found: " << count << std::endl; SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(hDevInfo);

void PrintUsage() std::wcout << L"DeviceCleanup.exe - Remove non-present (ghost) devices\n\n"; std::wcout << L"Usage:\n"; std::wcout << L" DeviceCleanup.exe [/list] - List all non-present devices\n"; std::wcout << L" DeviceCleanup.exe /remove <id> - Remove device by instance ID or hardware ID\n"; std::wcout << L" DeviceCleanup.exe /remove-all - Remove all non-present devices\n"; std::wcout << L" DeviceCleanup.exe /force - Bypass pending restart flag (use with /remove or /remove-all)\n"; std::wcout << L" DeviceCleanup.exe /verbose - Show detailed info\n"; std::wcout << L"\nExample:\n"; std::wcout << L" DeviceCleanup.exe /list\n"; std::wcout << L" DeviceCleanup.exe /remove "USB\VID_1234" /force\n"; std::wcout << L" DeviceCleanup.exe /remove-all /verbose\n"; DeviceCleanup.exe

enum Action ACTION_LIST, ACTION_REMOVE_ONE, ACTION_REMOVE_ALL ; Action g_action = ACTION_LIST; std::wstring g_targetId; bool g_force = false; bool g_verbose = false; L"Total non-present devices found: " &lt

// Get device description WCHAR desc[256]; if (SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryProperty(hDevInfo, &devInfoData, SPDRP_DEVICEDESC, NULL, (PBYTE)desc, sizeof(desc), NULL)) std::wcout << L" Description: " << desc << std::endl; void PrintUsage() std::wcout &lt

std::wcerr << L" -> Failed to remove device. Error: " << cr << std::endl; return false;

#pragma comment(lib, "setupapi.lib") #pragma comment(lib, "CfgMgr32.lib")