WinUsb, INF fail to install on Win7 while Successfully install in Win8

Question

Use-case
Windows 2012 as the development machine ( where the INF is signed )
inf2cat and signtool are used to sign the INF
Signed INF ( along with the co-installers ) are deployed on a Win7 Ultimate machine
Problem description
While successfully installed on Win8*.* while right-clicking to install on Win7 I get "The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation" ( setupapi.dev.log say nothing )
When using "devcon dp_add %INF File" the driver is successfully installed, BUT, is not associated with any of the related Hardware IDs... After devcon usage, when manually updating the driver using "Device Manager", I get "The required
section was not found in the INF", setupapi.dev.log is saying the same: "CoInstaller 1: failed(0xe0000101)!, !!!  dvi: Error 0xe0000101:
The required section was not found in the INF."
What am I doing wrong? why does for Win8 the INF is successfully installed and for Win7 it fails ?
Signing procedure
inf2cat /driver:"$(ProjectDir)\Driver Files" /os:8_X64,7_X64
signtool sign /p password /f "$(ProjectDir)\Driver Files\certificate.pfx" "$(ProjectDir)\Driver Files\winusbinstallation.cat"
INF File used
; Use for signing: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff540161(v=vs.85).aspx
; Installs WinUsb
[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
Class = AndroidUsbDeviceClass
ClassGUID = {3F966BD9-FA04-4ec5-991C-D326973B5128}
Provider = %ManufacturerName%
CatalogFile = WinUSBInstallation.cat
DriverVer=09/04/2014,13.54.20.543
; ========== Manufacturer/Models sections ===========
[Manufacturer]
%ManufacturerName% = Standard,NTamd64
[Standard.NTamd64]
%AOA_Device_2D00% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_2D00
%ADB_Device_2D01% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_2D01&MI_00
%AOA_Device_2D01% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_2D01&MI_01
%AOA_Device_2D05% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_2D05&MI_00
%ADB_Device_2D05% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_2D05&MI_03
%AudControl_Device_2D05% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_2D05&MI_01
; ========== Class definition ===========
[ClassInstall32]
AddReg = ClassInstall_AddReg
[ClassInstall_AddReg]
HKR,,,,%ClassName%
HKR,,NoInstallClass,,1
HKR,,IconPath,%REG_MULTI_SZ%,"%systemroot%\system32\setupapi.dll,-20"
HKR,,LowerLogoVersion,,5.2
; =================== Installation ===================
[USB_Install]
Include = winusb.inf
Needs = WINUSB.NT
[USB_Install.Services]
Include = winusb.inf
Needs = WINUSB.NT.Services
[USB_Install.HW]
AddReg=Dev_AddReg
[Dev_AddReg]
HKR,,DeviceInterfaceGUIDs,0x10000,"{F72FE0D4-CBCB-407d-8814-9ED673D0DD6B}"
[USB_Install.CoInstallers]
AddReg=CoInstallers_AddReg
CopyFiles=CoInstallers_CopyFiles
[CoInstallers_AddReg]
HKR,,CoInstallers32,0x00010000,"WdfCoInstaller01011.dll,WdfCoInstaller","WinUsbCoInstaller2.dll"
[CoInstallers_CopyFiles]
WinUsbCoInstaller2.dll
WdfCoInstaller01011.dll
[DestinationDirs]
; If your INF needs to copy files, you must not use the DefaultDestDir directive here.
CoInstallers_CopyFiles=11
; ================= Source Media Section =====================
[SourceDisksNames]
1 = %DiskName%
[SourceDisksFiles]
WinUsbCoInstaller2.dll=1
WdfCoInstaller01011.dll=1
; =================== Strings ===================
[Strings]
ManufacturerName="NewComp Inc"
ClassName="Universal Serial Bus devices"
AOA_Device_2D00="Android AOA Interface (2D00)"
AOA_Device_2D01="Android AOA Interface (2D01)"
ADB_Device_2D01="Android ADB Interface (2D01)"
AOA_Device_2D05="Android AOA Interface (2D05)"
ADB_Device_2D05="Android ADB Interface (2D05)"
AudControl_Device_2D05="Android Audio Interface (2D05)"
REG_MULTI_SZ = 0x00010000
Nadav Rubinstein, See my Blog @
http://www.sophin.com

Answer 1

There were two problems, one is, as other mentioned, the fact that Win7 doesn't support INF installation by right-clicking, this however, didn't explain the devcon dp_add installation problem described in the original post, the resolution was to add the
following to the INF file, while this is not required when installing on Win8, IT IS mandatory when installing @ Win7
[USB_Install.Wdf]
KmdfService=WINUSB, WinUsb_Install
[WinUsb_Install]
KmdfLibraryVersion=1.11
I have spent half a day on hunting this down, having better logging information would greatly reduce the time it takes to resolve such problems, for example, By adding the name of the expected/missing section to the message "The
required section was not found in the INF"
Nadav Rubinstein, See my Blog @
http://www.sophin.com