IoWMIRegistrationControl returns STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_EXISTS

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From: TH (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 17:51:08 -0800

Hi,

I am new to WMI and WDM. Please suggest.

During WMI registration of my driver AddDevice function, following happens on Windows 2000:

IoWMIRegistrationControl returns STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_EXISTS. This is the first time I enable this device after a disable. How to clean up previous WMI objects.

Thanks in advance.

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