DeactivateDevice (Compact 2013)

3/26/2014

This function unloads the driver for the specified device and deletes the active key of the device from the registry.

Syntax

BOOL DeactivateDevice(
  HANDLE hDevice
);

Parameters

• hDevice
  [in] Handle to an active device. The ActivateDevice and ActivateDeviceEx functions return this value.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Device Manager Functions
ActivateDevice
ActivateDeviceEx