Stand alone Program

[Chris Gnam]

So here is the deal. My Grandfather has just recently gotten a new computer, he has been using the computer for several months but all of a sudden the mouse has stopped working. The mouse will work if we go through the actions of connecting it to the computer. We have talked to HP help, taken it to many computer tech places and all say the same thing, that it has to be returned. Now my grandfather is reluctant to do this, so i would like to try and do one more thing.

I would like to create a stand alone executable, that when it is run, will automatically run through the steps. How would I go about doing this?

[zb0S216C]

The solution would be OS dependant. Every OS API has functionality to manipulate hardware. Can you specify your OS and state the steps you're referring to? From there, we'll be able to help you.

_Wazzak

[Chris Gnam]

Alright so i've been working on fulyl understanding the problem. Here is what you need to know.

I have Windows 7 first of all

But what i need to be done is activate the "Scan for hardware changes" in the Device Manager.

(I would like it be run automatically upon startup, and i believe if i make it an executable and then place the file into the startup that it would work, but how do I make an executable file like that, that is indepent from my Visual C++)

[zb0S216C]

Have a look here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259697 . I believe this will scan for hardware changes.

Sorry for the late reply, by the way :)

_Wazzak