INF ClassInstall32.Services section
Caution
If you are building a universal or Windows Driver package, this section is not valid. See Using a Universal INF File and Getting Started with Windows Drivers.
A ClassInstall32 section installs a new device setup class for devices in the new class.
[ClassInstall32.Services] |
[ClassInstall32.nt.Services] |
[ClassInstall32.ntx86.Services] |
[ClassInstall32.ntia64.Services] | (Windows XP and later versions of Windows)
[ClassInstall32.ntamd64.Services] (Windows XP and later versions of Windows)
[ClassInstall32.ntarm.Services] | (Windows 8 and later versions of Windows)
[ClassInstall32.ntarm64.Services] | (Windows 10 version 1709 and later versions of Windows)
AddService=ServiceName,[flags],service-install-section
[,event-log-install-section[,[EventLogType][,EventName]]]...
[DelService=ServiceName[,[flags][,[EventLogType][,EventName]]]...]
[Include=filename.inf[,filename2.inf]...]
[Needs=inf-section-name[,inf-section-name]...]
Each ClassInstall32.Services section contains one or more INF AddService directives that reference additional INF-writer-defined sections in an INF file.
INF files typically use the ClassInstall32.Services section with at least one AddService directive to control how and when the services of a particular device class are loaded, any dependencies it might have on other services, and so forth. Optionally, they can also set up event-logging services for the device class.
Entries
AddService=ServiceName,[flags],service-install-section[,event-log-install-section[,[EventLogType][,EventName]]]...
This directive references an INF-writer-defined service-install-section and, possibly, an event-log-install-section elsewhere in the INF file for the drivers of the device class covered by the ClassInstall32 section. For more information, see INF AddService Directive.
DelService=ServiceName[,[flags][,[EventLogType][,EventName]]]...
This directive removes a previously installed service from the target computer. This directive is very rarely used. For more information, see INF DelService Directive.
Include=filename.inf[,filename2.inf]...
This optional entry specifies one or more additional system-supplied named INF files that contain sections needed to install this device class. If this entry is specified, usually so is a Needs entry.
Needs=inf-section-name[,inf-section-name]...
This optional entry specifies the particular named section that must be processed during the installation of this device class. Typically, such a named section is an ClassInstall32.Services section within a system-supplied INF file that is listed in an Include entry. However, it can be any section that is referenced within such a ClassInstall32.Services section.
Remarks
ClassInstall32.Services sections should have the same platform and operating system decorations as their related ClassInstall32 sections. For example, a ClassInstall32.ntx86 section would have a corresponding ClassInstall32.ntx86.Services section.
The case-insensitive .nt, .ntx86, .ntia64, .ntamd64, .ntarm, and .ntarm64 extensions can be inserted into a ClassInstall32.Services section name in cross-platform INF files, as shown in the formal syntax statement. For more information, see Creating INF Files for Multiple Platforms and Operating Systems.
See also
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