XP: Deploy an INF file Automatically
Contributed by David Kirk 
Tagged: Windows This explains how to install an INF file from the command line.
Setup information files have the *.inf extension and are often used to install registry settings and device drivers. To manually install an INF file, the user can right-click and select install from the context menu.
However, you might want to be able to install the inf from a command-line. Here’s how:
- rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132 file_name.inf
[list]file_name.inf = file to install
132 = flag to ask the user before rebooting
DefaultInstall = name of the section to install
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Anonymous said on April 23, 2010
The folder path must be specified for file_name.inf e.g.: .file_name.inf
Fabio said on July 1, 2010
thanks a lot!
I was looking right for this!