Windows 7 Device Stage Experience for Virtual Printers?

Question

I am working on a virtual printer that converts various files to PDF format.

As you know Microsoft introduced Device Stage Experience in Windows 7, which is a nice way to customize the user's experience when interacting with your device. I have downloaded and installed their development kit, only to quickly find out that everything relates to the hardware ID of your device.

Is there any way to create a Device Stage Experience for a virtual device (like our virtual printer, which has a null hardware id)?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Take a look at the Windows Device Experience development pack. as far as I know you can create a Device Stage for any device. The fact it is virtual is known only to you as the dev of the driver. Windows does not treat them differently.

There's also a good overview on how to do it here.