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Bug in Latest Platform SDK Installer (winsdksetup.exe)
Can anyone point me in the direction I need to go to report a bug in the latest Platform SDK installer (winsdksetup.exe) obtained from https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-sdk/. This is for the Windows SDK 10.0.22621.2428 (released October 24, 2023).
This SDK installer, when executed on a freshly-installed Win11 Pro x64 system, simply downloads the selected packages but doesn't actually install any of them, no matter what options are specified. The install log shows now errors.
I've tried all kinds of permutations of command-line options (in addition to simply running it from the Explorer shell of course), such as:
winsdksetup.exe /features +
winsdksetup.exe /installpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10"
winsdksetup.exe /installpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10" /layout "C:\Users\Nate\Downloads\Windows Kits\10\WindowsSDK"
winsdksetup.exe /installpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10" /layout "C:\Users\Nate\Downloads\Windows Kits\10\WindowsSDK" /features +
winsdksetup.exe /installpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10" /layout "C:\Users\Nate\Downloads\Windows Kits\10\WindowsSDK" /features + /ceip off /log "C:\Users\Nate\Downloads\Windows Kits\10\WindowsSDK\install.log"
winsdksetup.exe /features OptionId.WindowsPerformanceToolkit OptionId.WindowsDesktopDebuggers OptionId.AvrfExternal OptionId.NetFxSoftwareDevelopmentKit OptionId.WindowsSoftwareLogoToolkit OptionId.IpOverUsb OptionId.MSIInstallTools OptionId.SigningTools OptionId.UWPManaged OptionId.UWPCPP OptionId.UWPLocalized OptionId.DesktopCPPx86 OptionId.DesktopCPPx64 OptionId.DesktopCPParm OptionId.DesktopCPParm64
winsdksetup.exe /installpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10" /layout "C:\Users\Nate\Downloads\Windows Kits\10\WindowsSDK" /ceip off /log "C:\Users\Nate\Downloads\Windows Kits\10\WindowsSDK\install.log" /features + /quiet
2 Replies
- I should clarify that after the SDK setup downloads the files, it tells you where it downloaded them and instructs you to run the setup from that download directory, and that is what I am actually doing. I'm running the second/downloaded winsdksetup.exe (created by the first exectuion of winsdksetup.exe) and yet even that second winssksetup.exe (in the download directory) just re-downloads the same specified packages and says the download is done and then tells you to go to the same directory and run the setup to install... it's like it's in a download loop but never actually installs any of the downloaded packages.
- TYPO CORRECTION: The install log shows *no* errors.
Here is the log: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F0fhnoqnxKQCphLRNobJzTFdCEztmXjp/view?usp=sharing
