c++ handle help?

[tootypegs]

Hi basically i have a program that gets a handle on a USB device lusing '\\\\?\\e:' but i want to be able to get a handle on it using its device instance id 'STORAGE\REMOVABLEMEDIA\7&324ACC50&0&RM:'

How do i impliment this, i have tried the following below and it just doesnt work but i guessed it wouldnt be this easy, any ideas????????? any help would be apreciated!!?

HANDLE hRead = CreateFile(
//("\\\\?\\E:"),
(" \\\\.\\STORAGE\REMOVABLEMEDIA\7&324ACC50&0&RM:"),
FILE_GENERIC_READ,
FILE_SHARE_READ,
NULL,
OPEN_EXISTING,
0,
NULL);

Cheers people

[Salem]

What does this have in common with this post?
That's right, neither show you've read the forum rules as both have been posted without any code tags.

[tootypegs]

What does this have in common with this post?
That's right, neither show you've read the forum rules as both have been posted without any code tags.

sorry my apologies, just rushed into this in need of help, my fault and apologies

[vijayan121]

DefineDosDevice (with DDD_RAW_TARGET_PATH flag) could be used to create a junction in the object namespace; the junction can then be used as a dos path string.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa363904.aspx

if the device already has a dos name, QueryDosDevice can be used to get information about dos device names. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365461.aspx

[tootypegs]

Thanks, your help has been much appreciated!

...............and u's will be glad to know i have now read the rules! sorry again