Re: CreateFile on a device driver

From: sienaman (sienaman_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 15:53:11 -0700

Your assumption is correct, I used a bad example. My driver (MYD1) exports
all required functions and is called by device.exe at boot time (I know this
since I can breakpoints in the Init function) and I am supplying PB with a
reg file at build time.

"Bruce Eitman (eMVP)" wrote:

> Hopefully MYDRIVER1: is actually something like MYD1: since it can only be
> three letters. The three letters need to be listed in the registry and in
> the function names like MYD_Init, and MYD_Open.
>
> Check HKLM\active to see if your driver is listed.
>
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