Step 1

First create a blank Windows Project. Name it ‘UniqueHardwareId’.

Step 2

In MainPage.xaml add a button with click event and a textbox to display the hardware id:

Complete XAML code

  1. <Page
  2. x:Class="UniqueHardwareId.MainPage"
  3. xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
  4. xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
  5. xmlns:local="using:UniqueHardwareId"
  6. xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
  7. xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
  8. mc:Ignorable="d">
  10. <Grid Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}">
  11. <Button x:Name="btnGetHwId" Content="Get Hardware ID" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="353,250,0,0" Height="99" FontSize="35" Width="743" Click="btnGetHwId_Click"/>
  12. <TextBox x:Name="txtId" HorizontalAlignment="Left" FontSize="30" TextWrapping="Wrap" VerticalAlignment="Top" Margin="356,409,0,0" Height="87" Width="737"/>
  14. </Grid>
  15. </Page>
Step 3

In the code behind MainPage.xaml.cs, update code with,
  1. using System;
  2. using Windows.Storage.Streams;
  3. using Windows.System.Profile;
  4. using Windows.UI.Xaml;
  5. using Windows.UI.Xaml.Controls;
  6. namespace UniqueHardwareId
  7. {
  8. public sealed partial class MainPage: Page
  9. {
  10. public MainPage()
  11. {
  12. this.InitializeComponent();
  13. }
  14. private void btnGetHwId_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
  15. {
  16. try
  17. {
  18. var hardwareToken = HardwareIdentification.GetPackageSpecificToken(null);
  19. var hardwareId = hardwareToken.Id;
  20. var dataReader = DataReader.FromBuffer(hardwareId);
  21. byte[] bytes = new byte[hardwareId.Length];
  22. dataReader.ReadBytes(bytes);
  23. txtId.Text = BitConverter.ToString(bytes);
  24. } catch (Exception ex) {}
  25. }
  26. }
  27. }
Step 4

Run the application, click on the button. You see the Hardware Id in the textbox field.

application

You can also get the complete project from GitHub.