Can I listen for WM_DEVICECHANGE within a "C# service"?

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Tony - 17 Jul 2005 18:09 GMT

Hi,

I want a managed code Windows Service to respond to a CD being inserted. Any
pointers as to how best to approach this would be gratefully received.

Thanks.

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Tony - 17 Jul 2005 20:02 GMT

... I think I can use WMI to do this. Seems an excellent article on it in
MSDN Magazine ...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/05/WMIMan/default.aspx

... I thought hooking Windows messages might be bad practice and/or
introduce a security loophole, so WMI looks great!

Would be interested to know if there is a smarter way of doing it though.

Tony.
[PS So impatient I usually answer my own questions.]

> Hi,
>
> I want a managed code Windows Service to respond to a CD being inserted. Any
> pointers as to how best to approach this would be gratefully received.
>
> Thanks.

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