DEVPKEY_Device_UpperFilters

The DEVPKEY_Device_UpperFilters device property represents a list of the service names of the upper-level filter drivers that are installed for a device instance.

Attribute Value

Property key

DEVPKEY_Device_UpperFilters

Property-data-type identifier

DEVPROP_TYPE_STRING_LIST

Property access

Read and write access by installation applications and installers

Corresponding SPDRP_Xxx identifier

SPDRP_UPPERFILTERS

Localized?

No

Remarks

The value of the DEVPKEY_Device_UpperFilters property is set when an upper-level device filter driver is installed for a device. For more information about how to install a device filter driver, see Installing a Filter Driver.

You can call CM_Get_DevNode_Property or SetupDiGetDeviceProperty to retrieve the value of DEVPKEY_Device_UpperFilters.

Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 support this property, but do not support the DEVPKEY_Device_UpperFilters property key. Instead, you can use the corresponding SPDRP_UPPERFILTERS identifier to access the value of the property on these earlier versions of Windows. For information about how to access this property value on these earlier versions of Windows, see Accessing Device Instance SPDRP_Xxx Properties.

Requirements

Version: Windows Vista and later versions of Windows Header: Devpkey.h (include Devpkey.h)

See also

SetupDiGetDeviceProperty