What is HP Development Update 7.0.18.1?

[glenhollow]

This is showing up as an optional update, but I cannot find any information anywhere on it. Thanks in advance for any help!

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

It is an update to the hotkey application pushed from HP via the Microsoft update catalog.

https://www.catalog.update.microsoft.com/Search.aspx?q=7.0.18.1

I downloaded the cab file, and used the free 7-zip file utility to extract the files out of the cabinet file.

Normally the hotkey support driver is only for HP business class notebooks. 

I have gotten this optional update on a couple of my HP consumer class notebooks, and it would not install, so if it doesn't, then it is not for your model notebook, and you can run the separate hide windows update utility to prevent that update from showing up again if it doesn't install.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hide-windows-updates-or-driver-updates-5df410a1-90f7-b74...

Here is a partial copy and paste of the driver setup information file.

[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
Class = SoftwareComponent
ClassGuid = {5c4c3332-344d-483c-8739-259e934c9cc8}
Provider = %Company%
DriverVer = 12/19/2019,7.0.18.1
CatalogFile = HpqKbFiltr_Component.cat

[Manufacturer]
%Mfg% = HpqKbFiltrComponent, NTx86

[HpqKbFiltrComponent.NTx86]
%DeviceName% = HpqKbFiltrComponent_Install, SWC\HPHKS&SRVCS

[SourceDisksFiles]
LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP.exe = 1
HotKeyServiceUWP.exe = 1
HPHotkeyNotification.exe = 1
HPHotkeyAnalyticClientLib.dll = 1
CaslSDK.dll = 1
HPFusionManager.dll = 1
Logging.dll = 1
NativeRpcClient.dll = 1
Newtonsoft.Json.dll = 1
RpcClient.dll = 1
NativeRpcClient.dll = 1
SmbiosSDK.dll = 1
WMISDK.dll = 1
;Newtonsoft.Json.xml = 1
vccorlib140.dll = 1
vcruntime140.dll = 1
HPAnalyticsNativeClientLib.dll = 1
RpcClient.Native.dll = 1
msvcp140.dll = 1
HPFusionManager.manifest = 1
HotkeyServiceUWP.exe.manifest = 1
HPHotkeyNotification.exe.manifest = 1
HotkeyServiceUWP.xml = 1
HotkeyServiceUWP_amd64.xml = 1
HotkeyServiceUWP_msil.xml = 1
HotkeyServiceUWP_x86.xml = 1
HPHotkeyNotification.xml = 1
HPHotkeyNotification_amd64.xml = 1
HPHotkeyNotification_msil.xml = 1
HPHotkeyNotification_x86.xml = 1
log4net.dll = 1
log4net.config = 1

[SourceDisksNames]
1 = %DiskName%

[DestinationDirs]
HPService_Copy = %DRIVER_STORE%
HPHotkeyNotification_Copy = %DRIVER_STORE% ;%SYSTEM32_DIR%
HPFusionDependency_Copy = %DRIVER_STORE%
HPHotkeyAnalytics_Copy = %DRIVER_STORE%

[HpqKbFiltrComponent_Install.NT]
CopyFiles=HPService_Copy, HPHotkeyNotification_Copy, HPFusionDependency_Copy, HPHotkeyAnalytics_Copy

[HpqKbFiltrComponent_Install.NT.Services]
AddService = LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP,%SPSVCSINST_STARTSERVICE%,LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP_Inst
AddService = HotKeyServiceUWP,%SPSVCSINST_STARTSERVICE%,HotKeyServiceUWP_Inst
AddService = , 0x00000002 ; To avoid the warning 1296

[HpqKbFiltrComponent_Install.NT.Software]
AddSoftware = HotKeyServiceUWPAppx,, HotKeyUWPAppx_Inst

[HotKeyUWPAppx_Inst]
SoftwareType=2
SoftwareFlags=0
SoftwareID=pfn://AD2F1837.HPSystemInformation_v10z8vjag6ke6

[LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP_Inst]
DisplayName = %HP.LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP%
Description = %HP.LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP%
ServiceType = 0x00000010
StartType = 2
ErrorControl = 0
;LoadOrderGroup = "UIGroup"
Dependencies = WlanSvc,WwanSvc ; WLAN & WWAN Auto Config Service should be running before loading this
ServiceBinary = %13%\LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP.exe

[HotKeyServiceUWP_Inst]
DisplayName = %HP.HotKeyServiceUWP%
Description = %HP.HotKeyServiceUWP%
ServiceType = 0x00000010
StartType = 2
ErrorControl = 0
;LoadOrderGroup = "UIGroup"
Dependencies = rpcss,winmgmt ; Windows procedure call and Windows Management(WMI) services should be running before loading this
ServiceBinary = %13%\HotKeyServiceUWP.exe

[HPService_Copy]
LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP.exe
HotKeyServiceUWP.exe

[HPHotkeyNotification_Copy]
HPHotkeyNotification.exe

[HPFusionDependency_Copy]
CaslSDK.dll
HPFusionManager.dll
Logging.dll
Newtonsoft.Json.dll
RpcClient.dll
NativeRpcClient.dll
SmbiosSDK.dll
WMISDK.dll
;Newtonsoft.Json.xml
vccorlib140.dll
vcruntime140.dll
HPFusionManager.manifest
HotkeyServiceUWP.exe.manifest
HPHotkeyNotification.exe.manifest
HotkeyServiceUWP.xml
HotkeyServiceUWP_amd64.xml
HotkeyServiceUWP_msil.xml
HotkeyServiceUWP_x86.xml
HPHotkeyNotification.xml
HPHotkeyNotification_amd64.xml
HPHotkeyNotification_msil.xml
HPHotkeyNotification_x86.xml
log4net.dll
log4net.config

[HPHotkeyAnalytics_Copy]
HPHotkeyAnalyticClientLib.dll
HPAnalyticsNativeClientLib.dll
RpcClient.Native.dll
msvcp140.dll

[Strings]
SPSVCSINST_STARTSERVICE = 0x00000800

; Destination Folder for copy
WINDOWS_DIR = 10 ; %SystemRoot%
SYSTEM32_DIR = 11 ; %SystemRoot%\system32
DRIVER_DIR = 12 ; %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers
DRIVER_STORE = 13 ; Driver package's Driver Store directory.
INF_DIR = 17 ; INF file directory
SYSTEM_DIR = 50 ; %SystemRoot%\system

Mfg = "HP Inc."
Company = "HP Development Company, L.P."
DiskName = "HP UWP Hotkey Support Installation Disk"
DeviceName = "HP LAN/WLAN/WWAN Switching and Hotkey Service"
HP.LanWlanWwanSwitchingServiceUWP = "HP LAN/WLAN/WWAN Switching UWP Service"
HP.HotKeyServiceUWP = "HP Hotkey UWP Service"