How do I detect when a removable disk is inserted using C#?
c#, windows, wpf
Solution
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Management;
namespace WMITestConsolApplication
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
AddInsertUSBHandler();
AddRemoveUSBHandler();
while (true) {
}
}
static ManagementEventWatcher w = null;
static void AddRemoveUSBHandler()
{
WqlEventQuery q;
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("root\\CIMV2");
scope.Options.EnablePrivileges = true;
try {
q = new WqlEventQuery();
q.EventClassName = "__InstanceDeletionEvent";
q.WithinInterval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 3);
q.Condition = "TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_USBControllerdevice'";
w = new ManagementEventWatcher(scope, q);
w.EventArrived += USBRemoved;
w.Start();
}
catch (Exception e) {
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
if (w != null)
{
w.Stop();
}
}
}
static void AddInsertUSBHandler()
{
WqlEventQuery q;
ManagementScope scope = new ManagementScope("root\\CIMV2");
scope.Options.EnablePrivileges = true;
try {
q = new WqlEventQuery();
q.EventClassName = "__InstanceCreationEvent";
q.WithinInterval = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 3);
q.Condition = "TargetInstance ISA 'Win32_USBControllerdevice'";
w = new ManagementEventWatcher(scope, q);
w.EventArrived += USBInserted;
w.Start();
}
catch (Exception e) {
Console.WriteLine(e.Message);
if (w != null)
{
w.Stop();
}
}
}
static void USBInserted(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("A USB device inserted");
}
static void USBRemoved(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Console.WriteLine("A USB device removed");
}
}
}
Problem
I'm just concerned about Windows, so there's no need to go into esoterica about Mono compatibility or anything like that. I should also add that the app that I'm writing is WPF, and I'd prefer to avoid taking a dependency on `System.Windows.Forms` if at all possible.