DevCon (Devcon.exe), the Device Console, is a command-line tool that displays detailed information about devices on computers running Windows. You can use DevCon to enable, disable, install, configure, and remove devices.
DevCon runs on Microsoft Windows 2000 and later versions of Windows.
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| DevCon (Devcon.exe) is included when you install the WDK, Visual Studio, and the Windows SDK for desktop apps. For information about downloading the kits, see Windows Hardware Downloads.Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 8 and Windows Driver Kit (WDK) 8.1 (installation path)
%WindowsSdkDir%\tools\x64\devcon.exe %WindowsSdkDir%\tools\x86\devcon.exe %WindowsSdkDir%\tools\arm\devcon.exe Note The Visual Studio environment variable, %WindowsSdkDir%, represents the path to the Windows kits directory where the kits are installed, for example, C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1.
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Windows driver developers and testers can use DevCon to verify that a driver is installed and configured correctly, including the proper INF files, driver stack, driver files, and driver package. You can also use the DevCon commands (enable, disable, install, start, stop, and continue) in scripts to test the driver.
DevCon is a command-line tool that performs device management functions on local computers and remote computers.
More information
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff544707%28v=vs.85%29.aspx