I would like to be able to programmatically disable or enable a USB hub in order to make the USB devices connected to it unavailable or available, respectively. I did some testing using device manager and then using Devcon, and found that when certain devices are connected to the hub (specifically some Android phones), it cannot be disabled right away, and it is marked for disabling after reboot instead. I tried to get over this problem by trying to also disable problematic devices connected to the hub, but this also failed. I also tried using the SetupDixxx API directly, and even some USB IOCTLs, but I did not manage to get this task done. I believe there ought to be a way of forcing immediate disable of a hub without reboot. I would appreciate it if anyone could point me to the right way.
Thanks in advance, Ziv
