Windows Kits 11

[Shantelle Wenske]

Downloadthe Windows ADK to install tools and documentation for OEMs and ODMs to customize Windows 11 images, assess the quality and performance of systems or components, and to deploy Windows operating systems to new computers. The Windows ADK includes Windows Configuration Designer, the Windows Assessment Toolkit, the Windows Performance Toolkit, and several new and improved deployment tools that can help you automate a large-scale deployment of Windows 10. For more information, see What's new in kits and tools.

Start by downloading the latest version of Visual Studio and Microsoft Visual Studio Tools. Used together, Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio Tools for Windows 10, standalone Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 11, and Windows Driver Kit (WDK) provide an integrated development environment for creating efficient, high-quality drivers for devices running Windows 10.

WDK 10 contains the tools to build, test, debug, and deploy drivers for Windows 11. WDK unifies support for mobile and desktop devices, Universal Windows drivers, and, with Visual Studio, provides a unified test experience with reliable deployment and debug provisioning that includes WinDbg. You can run many basic certification tests in the integrated environment. The WDK 10 includes templates for several technologies and driver models, including Windows Driver Frameworks (WDF), Universal Serial Bus (USB), print, networking, and file system filters. WDK 10 also supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, and Windows 10 driver development.

The Enterprise WDK (EWDK) is a kit that large organizations can use as an alternative to downloading and installing the SDK and WDK individually on each computer. The EWDK has a command-line build environment that is based on files and is not computer-dependent, so after the environment file structure has been created, it can be distributed for direct use, such as through version control software or by zipping the contents and unzipping on other computers. It contains the necessary elements to build Windows Driver Model (WDM) drivers, WDF drivers, and classic Windows test applications.

Symbol files make it easier to debug your code. The easiest way to get Windows symbols is to use the Microsoft Symbol Server. If you prefer to download the entire set of symbols for a particular version of Windows, download a symbol package.

The Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) is an all-purpose test and measurement kit to help you determine how well your hardware interacts with Windows. The HLK provides a test infrastructure for PCs. For more information on the using the HLK with Windows 10, see Windows Hardware Lab Kit User's Guide.

Some tests, like graphics and multimedia tests, require additional files for testing. You can find this content in the Windows HLK supplemental media test content section on the Download the Windows HLK, HCK, or Logo Kit page.

To target Windows 8.1, Windows 8, and Windows 7, install an older WDK and an older version of Visual Studio either on the same machine or on a separate machine. For links to older kits, see Other WDK downloads.

Join the Windows Insider Program to get WDK Insider Preview builds. For installation instructions for the Windows Insider Preview builds, see Installing preview versions of the Windows Driver Kit (WDK).

The WDK NuGet package consists of essential libraries, headers, DLL, tools, and metadata used for building Windows drivers that can be shared and supported by modern CI/CD pipelines. Users can access and consume the NuGet packages directly from nuget.org within Visual Studio. Using NuGet with the WDK provides a convenient solution for WDK acquisition and updates. It manages dependencies such as the SDK, to help keep the driver development tool chain up to date. For more information, see Install the latest WDK using NuGet - Step by Step.

Starting with WDK version 10.0.26100.1, the WDK now supports development, testing and deployment of drivers on ARM64 machines. The WDK/EWDK can be installed and run natively on ARM64 hardware, in addition to the previously supported emulation of x86 KMDF/UMDF2 drivers on ARM64 hardware. There is also support for debugging and deployment of drivers to an ARM64 target machine from both ARM64 and x64 host machines. The process of installing WDK/EWDK on ARM64 machines will automatically identify and install all the necessary dependencies including build tools, binaries, and libraries.

The provided links for the SDK and the WDK have matching build numbers, which is always required for the kits to work together. If you decide to install your own SDK/WDK pair, perhaps for a different Windows version, ensure that the build numbers match. For more details, see Kit versioning.

As an alternative to downloading Visual Studio, the SDK, and the WDK, you can download the EWDK, which is a standalone, self-contained command-line environment for building drivers. It includes Visual Studio Build Tools, the SDK, and the WDK.

You can optionally use the Visual Studio interface with the build tools provided in the EWDK. To do this, ensure that the Visual Studio major version matches the version of the Visual Studio Build Tools in the EWDK. For example, Visual Studio 2022 works with the EWDK that contain VS17.X build tools. For a list of Visual Studio 2022 version numbers, see Visual Studio 2022 Releases.

To build a driver, the build number of your SDK installation must match the build number of your WDK installation. The QFE values does not need to match unless your driver uses functionality that is only available in the headers included with a later QFE.

A quick way to see the full build string for locally installed kits is to go to Windows settings (Win+I), navigate to Apps, then Installed apps, and in the Search box type kit. The full build string appears to the right of the kit name. If you navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Include, note that the QFE shown there is hardcoded to .0, so this is not a reliable way to check your QFE identifier. Also note that when you install a kit, the new installation replaces any previously existing installation of the same build number. When you install Visual Studio with the Desktop development with C++ workload, if the installation payload includes the Windows SDK, the right-hand Summary pane also shows a hardcoded .0 for QFE.

Anybody succeeded in building drivers on arm64 machine? I know I can cross-compile for arm64 on amd64 and I have been doing it for a while, but I really like that Volterra device and would like to use it as my main development hardware.

I got the exact same problem as you. WDK.vsix keeps reporting an error, and I ended in the same conclusion that arm64 platform is not supported.

However, it keeps being possible to compile an arm64 driver.

I downloaded the EWDK, ran LaunchBuildEnv.cmd, then started VS 2022 from the prompt as described here : -us/windows-hardware/drivers/download-the-wdk

From that, I could recompile the WDK samples available here : -driver-samples

(edit : target arm64, to be more precise)

My WindowsKits/8.1 folder has 444MB,

I renamed the WindowsKits folder and tried to build the first person template C++ Verion with visual studio. Plenty of errors poped. So it is needed by the engine.

My best guess is: Your WindowsKits version8.1 (which was missing in my try) is corrupted in any way. I would rename the WindowsKits folder and run the visual studio repair again and look if the folder is restored. reinstall all dependencies.

I renamed the 8.1 folder and ran the VS repair as you said. The new 8.1 folder was only 80mb in size, and when I tried to compile, it said it was missing windows.h, which it was trying to include in the engine code in a file called MinWindows.h.

I thought, at least the default might be 64 bit which is what I need but when I download it, windows selects C:\Program Files (x86)\ path which means this is 32 bit version. There is no other way I can tell which architecture is this for.

Installation folder is not related with bitness of the tools. Windows ADK needs Windows Kits folder for other associated tools and files. SO, it chooses C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Assessment and Deployment Kit\Windows Assessment Toolkit folder as default. You can find Windows ADK tools with different architecture in the folder as follows:

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