Possible Disable Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) in Windows Vista/7 via software ?

Question

hello ,
for my work i create a driver for usb pheripheral
when i try to install at the end of the process appear the dialog of Program Compatibility Assistant (PCA) ..
it 's possible to disable this via sofware ?
thanks

Answer 1

no solution ?

Answer 2

Hello Ale,

How did you install the driver, using Windows Installer or Setup API? As your question is related to drivers, you may also post on driver newsgroup.

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.development.device.drivers&lang=en&cr=US

Program Compatibility Assistant will monitor the Programs and Features control panel (previously known as Add/Remove Programs), when an installer is run.  If an entry is not created or removed from the Programs and Features control panel, the PCA treats the process as a failed setup and displays a dialog after the setup process exits that asks if the user wants to attempt to re-install using recommended settings.

In order to prevent the Program Compatibility Assistant from appearing, we must include an embedded manifest that specifies a requested execution level for your setup executable. 

More information

http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/05/17/2705372.aspx

Thanks,

Rong-Chun Zhang

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Answer 3

hello ,
i read the article
on http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2007/05/17/2705372.aspx 

i thinks the problem is that i use DpInst (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms790806.aspx) to install my driver

it's possible that DpInst not manage manifest ?

thanks,
ale

Answer 4

uppp

Answer 5

Hello Ale,

You can use the mt.exe to get and modify the manifest for dpinst.exe.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa375649%28VS.85%29.aspx

As dpinst.exe belongs to WDK, it's recommended that you post the question on driver newsgroup.

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.development.device.drivers&lang=en&cr=US

Thanks,
Rong-Chun Zhang

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