Help me Get Name Of USB Instance Inserted/Removed. Code Below

kindly me improve code posted solution display messages : 
 
"usb serial (com4)" plugged.
 
"usb serial (com4)" unplugged.

using system.management;

namespace usbdection
{
    class program
    {
        static managementeventwatcher watchingobect = null;
        static wqleventquery watcherquery;
        static managementscope scope;
        static void main(string[] args)
        {
            scope = new managementscope("root\\cimv2");
            scope.options.enableprivileges = true;

            addinsetusbhandler();
            addremoveusbhandler();

            (; ; ) ;
        }

        public static void addremoveusbhandler()
        {

            try
            {
                usbwatchersetup("__instancedeletionevent");
                watchingobect.eventarrived += new eventarrivedeventhandler(usbremoved);
                watchingobect.start();

            }

            catch (exception e)
            {

                console.writeline(e.message);
                if (watchingobect != null)
                    watchingobect.stop();

            }

        }

        static void addinsetusbhandler()
        {

            try
            {
                usbwatchersetup("__instancecreationevent");
                watchingobect.eventarrived += new eventarrivedeventhandler(usbadded);
                watchingobect.start();

            }
            catch (exception e)
            {

                console.writeline(e.message);
                if (watchingobect != null)
                    watchingobect.stop();

            }

        }

        private static void usbwatchersetup(string eventtype)
        {

            watcherquery = new wqleventquery();
            watcherquery.eventclassname = eventtype;
            watcherquery.withininterval = new timespan(0, 0, 2);
            watcherquery.condition = @"targetinstance isa 'win32_usbcontrollerdevice'";
            watchingobect = new managementeventwatcher(scope, watcherquery);
        }

        public static void usbadded(object sender, eventargs e)
        {

            console.writeline("a usb device inserted");

        }

        public static void usbremoved(object sender, eventargs e)
        {

            console.writeline("a usb device removed");

        }
    }

}

            

hi yaddly,

as far know, can use wmi tasks.

wmi tasks computer hardware obtain information presence, state, or properties of hardware components.

you can check in msdn wmi tasks: computer hardware

you may check connected usb devices

managementscope sc =             new managementscope(@"\\yourcomputername\root\cimv2");          objectquery query =             new objectquery("select * win32_usbhub");          managementobjectsearcher searcher = new managementobjectsearcher(sc, query);         managementobjectcollection result = searcher.get();          foreach (managementobject obj in result)         {             if (obj["description"] != null) console.writeline("description:\t" + obj["description"].tostring());             if (obj["deviceid"] != null) console.writeline("deviceid:\t" + obj["deviceid"].tostring());             if (obj["pnpdeviceid"] != null) console.writeline("pnpdeviceid:\t" + obj["pnpdeviceid"].tostring());         }

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best regards,

kristin

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