DeleteNtmsDrive function (ntmsapi.h)

[Removable Storage Manager is no longer available as of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.]

The DeleteNtmsDrive function deletes a drive from the RSM database. The drive must have a dwOperationalState of NTMS_NOT_PRESENT.

Syntax

DWORD DeleteNtmsDrive(
  [in] HANDLE      hSession,
  [in] LPNTMS_GUID lpDriveId
);

[in] hSession

Handle to the session returned by the OpenNtmsSession function.

[in] lpDriveId

Unique identifier of a drive.

This function returns one of the following values.

Value	Meaning
ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED	NTMS_MODIFY_ACCESS to the library is denied. Other security errors are also possible, but they would indicate a security subsystem error.
ERROR_DATABASE_FAILURE	The database is inaccessible or damaged.
ERROR_DATABASE_FULL	The database is full.
ERROR_INVALID_DRIVE	The drive identifier is not valid.
ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE	The session handle is missing or is not valid.
ERROR_INVALID_LIBRARY	The drive library identifier is not valid.
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY	An allocation failure occurred during processing.
ERROR_SUCCESS	The function was successful.

You can use this function to remove drives that are no longer connected to the RSM server.

Requirement	Value
Minimum supported client	Windows XP [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform	Windows
Header	ntmsapi.h
Library	Ntmsapi.lib
DLL	Ntmsapi.dll