1How Is the SetupAPI Log File Organized?
Each section of the SetupAPI log file begins with a section marker and contains the messages that pertain to a specific system operation. This paper describes the following types of sections, which are the ones that relate to device installation:
You can control the amount of information that is logged. How to do so is discussed later in this paper.
The first section in a SetupAPI log file is the Windows installation header section, which specifies the platform and the system architecture. Here is an example of this type of section:
[SetupAPI Log]
OS Version = 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1
Platform ID = 2 (NT)
Service Pack = 1.0
Suite = 0x0000
Product Type = 1
Architecture = x86
The first line in the example is the section marker, which also indicates the beginning of the log file. The remaining lines contain information about the operating system and computer architecture.
Note
If anyone deletes the SetupAPI log file after Windows has been installed, Windows creates a new SetupAPI log file and adds a Windows installation header section to it.
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