Yes, it is possible, provided you are running on Win 8 / Win Server 2012.
Scott Hanselman has a nice article on how to call WinRT methods from a desktop app.
The basics of it are, add the following to your project file (Unload it, edit it, reload it):
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetPlatformVersion>8.0</TargetPlatformVersion>
</PropertyGroup>
Then add a reference to C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\Facades\System.Runtime.InteropServices.WindowsRuntime.dll
You also need to add references to the Windows.Devices
and Windows.Foundation
through the Add References Dialog under the Windows
tab:
Once you do that, you can instantiate the Watcher and add event handlers:
DeviceWatcher dw = Windows.Devices.Enumeration.DeviceInformation.CreateWatcher();
dw.Added += dw_Added;
dw.Removed += dw_Removed;
dw.Start();
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