SetupUninstallOEMInfA function (setupapi.h)

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02/09/2023

[This function is available for use in the operating systems indicated in the Requirements section. It may be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions. SetupAPI should no longer be used for installing applications. Instead, use the Windows Installer for developing application installers. SetupAPI continues to be used for installing device drivers.]

The SetupUninstallOEMInf function uninstalls a specified .inf file and any associated .pnf file. If the .inf file was installed with a catalog for signing drivers, the catalog is also removed. A caller of this function must have administrative privileges, otherwise the function fails.

Syntax

WINSETUPAPI BOOL SetupUninstallOEMInfA(
  [in] PCSTR InfFileName,
  [in] DWORD Flags,
  [in] PVOID Reserved
);

Parameters

[in] InfFileName

File name, without path, of the .inf file in the Windows Inf directory that is to be uninstalled.

[in] Flags

This parameter can be set as follows.

Flag	Meaning
SUOI_FORCEDELETE 0x0001	The SetupUninstallOEMInf function first checks whether there are any devices installed using the .inf file. A device does not need to be present to be detected as using the .inf file. If this flag is not set and the function finds a currently installed device that was installed using this .inf file, the .inf file is not removed. If this flag is set, the .inf file is removed whether the function finds a device that was installed with this .inf file. Note This flag only applies to x86, amd64, and ia64 architectures. It is ignored on all other architectures. Note If the driver package has any files that are copied to a DestinationDir that uses a DirId of 13, then this force flag is ignored. Note It is recommended to use DiUninstallDriver to remove a driver package instead of using this flag.

Flag

Meaning

SUOI_FORCEDELETE
0x0001

The SetupUninstallOEMInf function first checks whether there are any devices installed using the .inf file. A device does not need to be present to be detected as using the .inf file.

If this flag is not set and the function finds a currently installed device that was installed using this .inf file, the .inf file is not removed.

If this flag is set, the .inf file is removed whether the function finds a device that was installed with this .inf file.

Note This flag only applies to x86, amd64, and ia64 architectures. It is ignored on all other architectures.

Note If the driver package has any files that are copied to a DestinationDir that uses a DirId of 13, then this force flag is ignored.

Note It is recommended to use DiUninstallDriver to remove a driver package instead of using this flag.

[in] Reserved

Set to null.

Return value

This function returns WINSETUPAPI BOOL.

Remarks

Note

The setupapi.h header defines SetupUninstallOEMInf as an alias which automatically selects the ANSI or Unicode version of this function based on the definition of the UNICODE preprocessor constant. Mixing usage of the encoding-neutral alias with code that not encoding-neutral can lead to mismatches that result in compilation or runtime errors. For more information, see Conventions for Function Prototypes.

Requirements

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	setupapi.h
Library	Setupapi.lib
DLL	Setupapi.dll
API set	ext-ms-win-setupapi-classinstallers-l1-1-2 (introduced in Windows 10, version 10.0.14393)