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I've been trying to install the WDK extension on Visual Studio 2022, version 17.11.
I've tried installing it both from the marketplace as using the procedure in this link: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/download-the-wdk, but in both situations the installation fails and on the log appears the following error message:
Installation of Component.Microsoft.Windows.DriverKit failed. The extension has a lower version than required by Visual Studio. Please install the extension from Visual Studio Installer instead.
I've tried with SDK and WDK builds 10.0.26100.1 and 10.0.22621.2428 to no success.
The computer is currently running Windows 11 version 23H2 build 22631.3880.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Elder
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Hi @Elder,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!
Please try to install WDK by opening the Visual Studio Installer > Individual components tab > search "Windows Driver Kit".
Sincerely,
Anna
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Thank you so much @Anna Xiu-MSFT since the documentation doesn't mention the visual studio installer I had no idea what was meant by installing via there
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2024/9/17 9:20:59 - 安装 Component.Microsoft.Windows.DriverKit 失败。该扩展的版本比 Visual Studio 要求的版本低。请改为从 Visual Studio 安装程序安装扩展。
2024/9/17 9:20:59 - 安装错误: System.InvalidOperationException: 安装 Component.Microsoft.Windows.DriverKit 失败。该扩展的版本比 Visual Studio 要求的版本低。请改为从 Visual Studio 安装程序安装扩展。