Thread: The 505 in libprs500
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Old 10-19-2007, 12:43 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by sputnik_1 View Post
I think what you're looking for is this key in the registry :

HKEY_Local_Machine\SYSTEM\Current Control Set\Enum\USB\Vid_054c&Pid_031e

As far as I know, those Pid's are unique per device -- so you should only see those if you have a PRS-505 that's been attached. Doing a search for this key may be the easiest way, I'll dig and see if there's another easier identifier.
That sounds like it should work, I'll test it on XP and vista and see if it does.

EDIT: As far as I can tell this only allows for presence testing. I can't figure out how to find the drive letter its mapped to,
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