Question

Is there any programatic interface for the MOUNTVOL command in Windows? What I am trying to do is get the output from mountvol (even if I have to parse it from the command line), which gives me the list of drives with their GUID-like path (\\?\Volume{…}) and get the device information based on that path (is it a USB drive, VENDOR_ID, etc). Any information on getting that or an alternative method (which works in Win98+) would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You should be able to find the API calls you need in the ‘Volume Management Functions’ portion of the MSDN Library:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365730(VS.85).aspx