Find serial number of USB device

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Find serial number of USB device

kaveh rahimi 61

Hi ,I want to find the serial number of CH341A device. How can I do that?
Please help
Thanks

Answer 1

Xingyu Zhao-MSFT 5,341

Hi @kaveh rahimi ,
Add reference to 'System.Management', then try the code like:

        Dim theSearcher As ManagementObjectSearcher = New ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive WHERE InterfaceType='USB'")  
  
        For Each currentObject As ManagementObject In theSearcher.Get()  
            Dim theSerialNumberObjectQuery As ManagementObject = New ManagementObject()  
            theSerialNumberObjectQuery.Path = "Win32_PhysicalMedia.Tag='" & currentObject("DeviceID") & "'"  
            MessageBox.Show(theSerialNumberObjectQuery("SerialNumber").ToString())  
        Next

Hope it could be helpful.
Best Regards,
Xingyu Zhao
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kaveh rahimi 61 Reputation points

2021-06-23T15:11:25.413+00:00

May I use 'reported device ids hash' instead of serial number in device manager?

Xingyu Zhao-MSFT 5,341

Hi @kaveh rahimi ,
Not sure you can get 'reported device ids hash', do you consider getting the 'PNPDeviceID' of USB?
Here's the code you can refer to.

        Dim theSearcher As ManagementObjectSearcher = New ManagementObjectSearcher("SELECT * FROM Win32_DiskDrive WHERE InterfaceType='USB'")  
  
        For Each currentObject As ManagementObject In theSearcher.Get()  
            Console.WriteLine($"{"PNPDeviceID"}-{currentObject.Properties("PNPDeviceID").Value}")  
        Next

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