Devicecleanup.exe (2025)

while (SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(hDevInfo, idx++, &devInfoData)) DEVINST devInst = devInfoData.DevInst;

SP_DEVINFO_DATA devInfoData; devInfoData.cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA); DWORD idx = 0; int removed = 0;

int RemoveAllNonPresent() HDEVINFO hDevInfo = SetupDiGetClassDevs(NULL, NULL, NULL, DIGCF_ALLCLASSES); if (hDevInfo == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) std::wcerr << L"Failed to get device list.\n"; return 1;

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

SP_DEVINFO_DATA devInfoData; devInfoData.cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA); DWORD idx = 0; int removed = 0;

while (SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(hDevInfo, idx++, &devInfoData)) DEVINST devInst = devInfoData.DevInst; if (IsNonPresentDevice(devInst)) WCHAR instanceId[256]; if (CM_Get_Device_ID(devInst, instanceId, 256, 0) == CR_SUCCESS) std::wcout << L"Removing: " << instanceId << std::endl; if (RemoveDevice(devInst)) removed++;

bool RemoveDevice(DEVINST devInst) CONFIGRET cr = CM_Request_Device_Eject(devInst, NULL, NULL, 0, 0); if (cr == CR_SUCCESS) if (g_verbose) std::wcout << L" -> Eject request succeeded.\n"; cr = CM_Remove_SubTree(devInst, g_force ? CM_REMOVE_NO_RESTART : 0); if (cr == CR_SUCCESS) if (g_verbose) std::wcout << L" -> Device removed.\n"; return true; &devInfoData)) DEVINST devInst = devInfoData.DevInst

SetupDiDestroyDeviceInfoList(hDevInfo); std::wcout << L"Removed " << removed << L" non-present device(s).\n"; return 0;

int wmain(int argc, wchar_t* argv[]) for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)

bool IsNonPresentDevice(DEVINST devInst) ULONG status = 0, problem = 0; if (CM_Get_DevNode_Status(&status, &problem, devInst, 0) != CR_SUCCESS) return true; // Cannot query status -> treat as problematic devInfoData.cbSize = sizeof(SP_DEVINFO_DATA)

int RemoveById(const std::wstring& id) HDEVINFO hDevInfo = SetupDiGetClassDevs(NULL, NULL, NULL, DIGCF_ALLCLASSES); if (hDevInfo == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) std::wcerr << L"Failed to get device list.\n"; return 1;

return (status & DN_NO_SHOW_IN_DM) != 0;

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

WCHAR instanceId[256]; if (CM_Get_Device_ID(devInst, instanceId, 256, 0) != CR_SUCCESS) continue;

switch (g_action) case ACTION_LIST: ListDevices(); break; case ACTION_REMOVE_ONE: if (g_targetId.empty()) std::wcerr << L"Error: /remove requires an ID.\n"; return 1; return RemoveById(g_targetId); case ACTION_REMOVE_ALL: return RemoveAllNonPresent();