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With devcon_win, you can access all functions of devcon.exe. In addition, you can see all available drivers as a function.

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<h2>devcon_win - to interact with <a href=’https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/devcon’ target=’_blank’>devcon.exe</a> in NT systems using Python</h2>

With devcon_win, you can access all functions of devcon.exe. In addition, you can see all available drivers as a function. Originally it was created to simply enable/disable device drivers using python.

See below for more details. <h3>Getting it:</h3> To download devcon_win, either fork this github repo or simply use Pypi via pip.

:::python

$ pip install devcon_win

<h3>Compatibility:</h3> devcon_win is compatible for both python2 and python3.

<h3>Using it:</h3>

<ol>

<li>The devcon.exe present in this rep is for ‘64 bit windows 10’. If your windows’s version is different then download <a href=’https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/devcon’ target=’_blank’>devcon.exe</a> as per requirement.</li> <li>Move devcon.exe in the current script’s directory or any path defined in environment variables say Python27/Scripts.</li> <li>Install devcon_win from pip.</li>

<li> Use <b>devcon_win_driver.py</b> as a sample to <b>disable webcam</b> or any other driver as per requirement <b>{BE CAREFUL}</b>:

:::python

import devcon_win

# To display status print(devcon_win.HP_TrueVision_HD()) # Or print(devcon_win.HP_TrueVision_HD(‘status’))

# To change status print(devcon_win.HP_TrueVision_HD(‘enable’)) # will show options after ‘devcon_win.’

P.S: list of examples of devcon commands are present <a href=’https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/devtest/devcon-examples’ target=’_blank’>here.</a>

</li>

</ol>

<h3>To dos:</h3> <ul> <li>Skip downloading devcon.exe step</li> <li>Adding voice control setup</li> </ul>

<h3>Contact:</h3> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivanshu26shiv/

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