Comments on: DevCon – an alternative to Device Manager command-line utility

By: snb

snb — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:17:13 +0000

Solution is simple. You have to run cmd.exe as administrator[start]->[accessories] right click [cmd.exe] select [Run as administrator]. Then you have to switch to the directory that contains devcon.exe. Now the output should stays in the opened console.

By: Harvid

Harvid — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:01:09 +0000

i got this problem as well any solution

By: stefan gruning

stefan gruning — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:16:36 +0000

actually, now that I tried it again, it works.

however I have no idea how and why it does now and would’t before…

By: stefan gruning

stefan gruning — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:14:39 +0000

The problem describe by Bee is a good additional description to my problem.

With Windows 7 (win7) it seems devcon runs in an extra instance, regardless if started manually from commandline or not.

any help still is appreciated. thanks!

@bee: Thanks for your mail, but as you see I couldn’t find out anything helpful. let’s hope..

By: Bee

Bee — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:35:15 +0000

I have a similar problem. I run ‘devcon help’ and it opens a NEW window, runs down the help and closes before I can read it. Totally useless. HELP! Please note it’s not the window I use to execute the command that closes but a new window. Is there any way I can get the info to be displayed in the same window?

By: stefan gruning

stefan gruning — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:08:50 +0000

I am running windows 7 RC1 build 7100.

when i try to run devcon in the command line (cmd) it immediately closes before I can read any output.

any idea how to keep it from doing that?

thank you!

PS: you can email me with a solution @ devcon.3.2holdon@dfgh.net