Windows device driver installation and management tool.

This little self-contained, no-dependency tool can be built either as a console application or a Windows application which has no visible window (ideal to use in combination with setup makers). It offers a command-line-based driver (un-)installer and allows for simple manipulation of class filter entries. Run nefconc.exe --help to see all the options offered.

Binaries are available to download in the releases page, just download and extract. However, if you are using a package manager, you can use one of the following options:

nefcon is available in the Extras bucket:

scoop bucket add extras
scoop install nefcon

nefcon is available in the winget-pkgs repository:

winget install nefcon

For a console example use nefconc, for windowless execution use nefconw binary.

nefconw --install-driver --inf-path "Path\To\Inf.inf"

nefconw --uninstall-driver --inf-path "Path\To\Inf.inf"

nefconw --add-class-filter --position upper --service-name HidHide --class-guid 745a17a0-74d3-11d0-b6fe-00a0c90f57da

nefconw --create-device-node --hardware-id root\HidHide --class-name System --class-guid 4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318

nefconw --remove-device-node --hardware-id root\HidHide --class-guid 4D36E97D-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318

nefconw --inf-default-install --inf-path "F:\Downloads\btrfs-1.8\btrfs.inf"

This project uses the following 3rd party resources:

• Argh! A minimalist argument handler
• Scoped coloring of Windows console output
• Convenient high-level C++ wrappers around Windows Registry Win32 APIs
• Single header C++ logging library
• Microsoft Detours