Installing .inf file in Windows 10/migrating away from snetcfg.exe

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I am the maintainer of Portable-VirtualBox. A wrapper for VirtualBox to make it easy to take virtual machines with you on a USB stick. To do so we have to load some drivers from VirtualBox when a user starts the portable version on a new machine.

Currently we have been using snetcfg.exe to load .inf files. Unfortunately snetcfg.exe dos not work on Windows 10, but I have not been able to figure out how to install this driver in an different way.

This is the code used today:

      If @OSArch = "x86" Then
        RunWait (@ScriptDir&"\data\tools\snetcfg_x86.exe -v -u sun_VBoxNetFlt", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
        RunWait (@ScriptDir&"\data\tools\snetcfg_x86.exe -v -l .\"& $arch &"\drivers\network\netflt\VBoxNetFlt.inf -m .\"& $arch &"\drivers\network\netflt\VBoxNetFltM.inf -c s -i sun_VBoxNetFlt", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
      EndIf
      If @OSArch = "x64" Then
        RunWait (@ScriptDir&"\data\tools\snetcfg_x64.exe -v -u sun_VBoxNetFlt", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
        RunWait (@ScriptDir&"\data\tools\snetcfg_x64.exe -v -l .\"& $arch &"\drivers\network\netflt\VBoxNetFlt.inf -m .\"& $arch &"\drivers\network\netflt\VBoxNetFltM.inf -c s -i sun_VBoxNetFlt", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)
      EndIf
      FileCopy (@ScriptDir&"\"& $arch &"\drivers\network\netflt\VBoxNetFltNobj.dll", @SystemDir, 9)
      FileCopy (@ScriptDir&"\"& $arch &"\drivers\network\netflt\VBoxNetFlt.sys", @SystemDir&"\drivers", 9)
      RunWait (@SystemDir&"\regsvr32.exe /S "& @SystemDir &"\VBoxNetFltNobj.dll", @ScriptDir, @SW_HIDE)

The .inf files used are here: http://runarb.com/div/netflt/

Any advise on how to install this driver automatically in Windows 10?

Megachip Megachip · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-10T12:47:11

You could use the sc command as described here. It will work fine on all new Windows Platforms. For the inf, this (and/or this) could be relevant.

Installing .inf file in Windows 10/migrating away from snetcfg.exe

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