How to get device id for desktop Application

Question

Hi, How to get device id for desktop Application(winform)

Amit Gupta · Answer

You need to be sure for what device id you want to fetch, there are numerous amount of devices attaced to a system like harddisk serial ni, motherboard id etc.

Panna Chatterjee · Answer

You need to access Device Instance ID.In order to do that you may need Windows Driver Kit, which is integrated with VS2017. You need to add namespace called System.Management.Right-click References on the right and manually add System.Management. As I've tried out to trace other stuff with console application as I'm using VS2010,so I unable to test with Device Instance ID. The console code looks like ManagementObjectSearcher objSearcher = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from Win32_PnPSignedDriver"); ManagementObjectCollection objCollection = objSearcher.Get(); foreach (ManagementObject obj in objCollection) { string info = String.Format("Device='{0}',Manufacturer='{1}',DriverVersion='{2}' ", obj["DeviceName"], obj["Manufacturer"], obj["DriverVersion"]); //string info = String.Format("Device ID='{0}'", obj["Device Instance Path"]); Console.Out.WriteLine(info); } Console.Write("

Any key..."); Console.ReadKey(); Now in your case you can play around if you get Windows Driver Kit In that case you can tryout similar code ManagementObjectSearcher moSearch = new ManagementObjectSearcher("Select * from Win32_PnPSignedDriver"); foreach (var mo in moSearch.Get()) { var DII= mo["Device Instance Path"]; Console.Write(DII); } Console.Read(); References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/device-instance-ids https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/#wdkgloss-devnode

Srikant Maruwada · Answer

Hi Ramesh, Are you looking for Machine Name. Machine Name can be fetched using Environment.MachineName. And if you are looking for fetching MAC Addrress then refer below code. public static string GetMACAddress() { ManagementClass mc = new ManagementClass( "Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration" ); ManagementObjectCollection moc = mc.GetInstances(); string MACAddress = String.Empty; foreach (ManagementObject mo in moc) { if (MACAddress == String.Empty) { if (( bool )mo[ "IPEnabled" ] == true ) MACAddress = mo[ "MacAddress" ].ToString(); } mo.Dispose(); } MACAddress = MACAddress.Replace( ":" , "" ); return MACAddress; }

Shefali Lahariya · Answer

hi, no every system and device have a device id...its a part of hardware detail

Ramesh Palanivel · Answer

Which mean, Ip address of your computer?

Shefali Lahariya · Answer

Hi ramesh, i am working on desktop application using winform, i need to send device id to server. so how to get device d of my hardware

Ramesh Palanivel · Answer

Hi Shefali, Device Id in the sense, which device?