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What language/methods to use to listen to removeable drives in Windows?

What language or method would I use to listen to the event when a removeable drive is plugged into the PC?

Solution

  • I guess any language that can work with the Windows API should do. Basically, you listen to the windows message WM_DEVICECHANGE. This alone will let you listen to system-wide messages.

    For more specific scenarios look at the API function RegisterDeviceNotification(). Needless to day, C/C++ would be straightforward for this task.