I have been using the very hand devcon with enable and disable to turn
a device on and off.

I just noticed that it also has a restart parameter.

What is the difference between enable and restart?

Andy

Enable means to make (a device or system) operational; activate. Adapted
for use with the specified application or system: e.g. WAP-enabled mobile
phones.

Restart means to start again.



"(E-Mail Removed)" wrote:

> I have been using the very hand devcon with enable and disable to turn
> a device on and off.
>
> I just noticed that it also has a restart parameter.
>
> What is the difference between enable and restart?
>
> Andy

On Aug 21, 3:34*pm, Expert <Exp...@Macrosoft.com> wrote:
> Enable means to make (a device or system) operational; activate. Adapted
> for use with the specified application or system: e.g. WAP-enabled mobile
> phones.
>
> Restart means to start again.
>
> "chocolatemint77...@yahoo.com" wrote:
> > I have been using the very hand devcon with enable and disable to turn
> > a device on and off.
>
> > I just noticed that it also has a restart parameter.
>
> > What is the difference between enable and restart?
>
> > Andy

I used the restart and the application that uses the device did not
start.

Maybe the "restart" only enables the device to be used while "enable"
sees if there is a program that uses it, and then it starts it.

Outta here.

Mint wrote:
> On Aug 21, 3:34 pm, Expert <Exp...@Macrosoft.com> wrote:
>> Enable means to make (a device or system) operational; activate. Adapted
>> for use with the specified application or system: e.g. WAP-enabled mobile
>> phones.
>>
>> Restart means to start again.
>>
>> "chocolatemint77...@yahoo.com" wrote:
>>> I have been using the very hand devcon with enable and disable to turn
>>> a device on and off.
>>> I just noticed that it also has a restart parameter.
>>> What is the difference between enable and restart?
>>> Andy
>
> I used the restart and the application that uses the device did not
> start.
>
> Maybe the "restart" only enables the device to be used while "enable"
> sees if there is a program that uses it, and then it starts it.
>
> Outta here.
>

Options for Devcon are listed here.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q311272

"Devcon restart" is discussed here, but I'm still not satisfied with
the explanation. Why would it require the computer to reboot ?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792819.aspx

Paul

On Aug 21, 10:05*pm, Paul <nos...@needed.com> wrote:
> Mint wrote:
> > On Aug 21, 3:34 pm, Expert <Exp...@Macrosoft.com> wrote:
> >> Enable means to make (a device or system) operational; activate. Adapted
> >> for use with the specified application or system: e.g. WAP-enabled mobile
> >> phones.
>
> >> Restart means to start again.
>
> >> "chocolatemint77...@yahoo.com" wrote:
> >>> I have been using the very hand devcon with enable and disable to turn
> >>> a device on and off.
> >>> I just noticed that it also has a restart parameter.
> >>> What is the difference between enable and restart?
> >>> Andy
>
> > I used the restart and the application that uses the device did not
> > start.
>
> > Maybe the "restart" only enables the device to be used while "enable"
> > sees if there is a program that uses it, and then it starts it.
>
> > Outta here.
>
> Options for Devcon are listed here.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;Q311272
>
> "Devcon restart" is discussed here, but I'm still not satisfied with
> the explanation. Why would it require the computer to reboot ?
>
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms792819.aspx
>
> * * Paul

I used devcon -restart.

I think the -r is optional.

A restart may be needed for some applications.

Andy