Edit

DEVPKEY_Device_Legacy

  • Article

The DEVPKEY_Device_Legacy device property represents a Boolean value that indicates whether a device is a root-enumerated device that the Plug and Play (PnP) manager automatically created when the non-PnP driver for the device was loaded.

Attribute Value

Property key

DEVPKEY_Device_Legacy

Property-data-type identifier

DEVPROP_TYPE_BOOLEAN

Property access

Read-only access by installation applications and installers

Localized?

No

Remarks

The PnP manager sets the value of DEVPKEY_Device_Reported to DEVPROP_TRUE if the PnP manager automatically created the device as a root-enumerated device when the non-PnP driver for the device was loaded. Otherwise, the PnP manager sets the value of the property to DEVPROP_FALSE.

You can call CM_Get_DevNode_Property or SetupDiGetDeviceProperty to retrieve the value of DEVPKEY_Device_Legacy.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 do not support this property.

Requirements

Version: Windows Vista and later versions of Windows Header: Devpkey.h (include Devpkey.h)

See also

SetupDiGetDeviceProperty