Get USB serial number c++

Question

I'm looking to retrieve the serial number from a USB memory stick on windows in c++.

I have found plenty of C# examples, and c++ for linux but none for c++ and windows.

Edit

• C++/CLI is not an option unfortunately.
• I am looking for the serial number of the device not the file system. OR "Device Instance Path" AKA "InstanceID"

Answer 1

I have an article about how to get USB serial numbers for volumes in C++, without using WMI

http://oroboro.com/usb-serial-number/

There is a trick to doing it, you have to match up USB devices with disk volumes. You want to avoid WMI if you can because it is unreliable.