Devicecleanup.exe May 2026

enum Action ACTION_LIST, ACTION_REMOVE_ONE, ACTION_REMOVE_ALL ; Action g_action = ACTION_LIST; std::wstring g_targetId; bool g_force = false; bool g_verbose = false;

while (SetupDiEnumDeviceInfo(hDevInfo, idx++, &devInfoData)) DEVINST devInst = devInfoData.DevInst; if (IsNonPresentDevice(devInst)) count++; DeviceCleanup.exe

if (!matches && g_verbose) DWORD hwIdSize = 0; SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryProperty(hDevInfo, &devInfoData, SPDRP_HARDWAREID, NULL, NULL, 0, &hwIdSize); if (hwIdSize > 0) std::vector<BYTE> buffer(hwIdSize); SetupDiGetDeviceRegistryProperty(hDevInfo, &devInfoData, SPDRP_HARDWAREID, NULL, buffer.data(), hwIdSize, &hwIdSize); WCHAR* hwid = (WCHAR*)buffer.data(); while (*hwid) if (id == hwid) matches = true; break; hwid += wcslen(hwid) + 1; enum Action ACTION_LIST

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 Action g_action = ACTION_LIST

std::wcout << L"\nNon-present (ghost) devices:\n"; std::wcout << L"----------------------------------------\n";

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;