Is there anyway to disable a pnp device immediately instead of requiring a reboot?
I'm trying to write a powershell script to disable a pnp device that triggers when my PC is idle (using Task Scheduler).
I have a situation where I need to listen to a microphone on the PC, but this is preventing my PC from going to sleep. If I disable the microphone (or uncheck the "Listen to this device" option) it goes to sleep fine
I can confirm this as well using powercfg -requests. As soon as I disable the microphone , or uncheck "Listen to this device", it no longer shows up as something keeping my PC awake.
Here is my current script (I know I can simplify it but I might expand it to disable other devices in the future)
$devices = (Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object {$_.FriendlyName -like "*Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)*" -and $_.Status -eq "OK"})
Foreach ($device in $devices)
{
$device | Disable-PnpDevice -Confirm:$false
}
Now, this works but requires a restart... I can't find any info about forcing a device to disable (or enable) immediately.
