I have a directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits". An exe in the subfolder of this folder is being called when I build a winPhone App. I did not install this specifically. How was this installed on my system? I am guessing maybe it came with windows install or some visual studio install. How do I update this?
I have 8.0, 8.1 and 10 as subfolders too. I think I can manually update each version from here. https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/sdk-archive
Just trying to figure out how these are installed and how are they supposed to be upgraded.
Windows Kits are available in stand-alone downloads, but primarily they are deployed and upgraded by Visual Studio.
Visual Studio 2013 includes Windows 8.1 SDK (for Windows Store apps and Windows desktop apps on Windows Vista SP2 or later) and the Windows 7.1A SDK (for Windows desktop apps on Windows Server 2003 SP1 or Windows XP SP3). VS 2013 Update 5 included the Windows 8.1 SDK (Spring 2015 Refresh).
Visual Studio 2015 includes the Windows 8.1 SDK (Spring 2015 Refresh) and Windows 7.1A SDK by default, and installing the Windows Tools option for UWP development adds a Windows 10 SDK. There are currently three versions available: 10240 (RTM), 10586 (Version 1511), and the latest is 14393 (Version 1610). A little bit of the Windows 10 SDK is always installed to support the Universal CRT used by Visual Studio 2015.
Windows 10 SDK versions are side-by-side installed.
See A Brief History of Windows SDKs.
For more on using the Windows 7.1A SDK for targeting Windows XP SP3, see Visual Studio 2012 Update 1
UPDATE: VS 2017 initially shipped with Windows 10 SDK (14393). Later updates included 15063, 16299, 17134, and 17763. VS 2019 shipped with Windows 10 SDK (17763) but was updated to include 18362 and 19041.
VS 2015 is only officially supported up to Windows 10 SDK (14393). VS 2017 can use Windows 10 SDK (18362) or Windows 10 SDK (19041), but you have to install it separately from VS 2017.
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On the Microsoft doc they say that debugging tools are included in the Windows SDK.
Debugging Tools for Windows is included in the Windows Software Development Kit (SDK). To download the installer or an ISO image, see Windows 10 SDK on Windows Dev Center.
With a link to another page saying to install the Windows SDK 11, and that it can be installed through the Visual Studio 2019 Installer.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-sdk/
You can get the Windows SDK in two ways: install it from this page by selecting the download link or by selecting “Windows 11 SDK (10.0.22000)” in the optional components of the Visual Studio 2019 Installer.
Which I did (and also latest Windows SDK 10), but I cannot find the SDK 11 on my computer. They are supposed to be located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\ but there I only see the 10 and not 11.
Even in the Windows SDK 10 there is no debugging tools as mentioned in the doc.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\Debuggers\x64
I recently installed windows 10 software development kit for Fall Creators update (10.0.16299.15). I used the .exe installer from this link (Windows 10 SDK). But in Visual Studio 2015, while creating new blank Universal Windows App in C# or C++, Target Version doesn't show this SDK as an option.!
Note: I use Windows 10 Home - Version 1709 (OS Build 16299.19)
Visual Studio 2017 is required for developing UWP applications for Windows builds 15063 or higher, see this.
Is it possibility to create windows universal app for windows 10 in Visual Studio 2013? Should I install some kind of SDK, and after that everything will be ok or I have to use VS2015?
VS2013 won't work, you have to use VS2015.
You can run VS2015 on Windows 10, Windows 8.1 or Windows 7 to create Windows 10 apps.
Make sure to install the components for Windows Universal App Development during the installation of VS 2015. VS 2015 can be installed side by side with VS 2013.
More info can be found on MSDN
No need to have 2015. Not everyone is having this.
If you are using a different development environment than Visual Studio 2015, you can download a standalone Windows SDK for Windows 10 installer. Note that you don’t need to install this SDK if you’re using Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 – it's already included.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads
Below is the link for SDK
https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=822845
Ramprasad.
I have installed visual studio 2013 with windows phone target os version 8.but i need windows phone target os version 8.1 ,i installed windows 8.1 updates sdk toolkit and vs2013.4 was installed but could not opened
Install the latest Visual Studio 2013 update. Currently: Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 Update 4
Install Visual studio 2015,This is the latest one for creating windows universal app, You have to use anything
I am using Windows 7 and Visual Studio Express 2013. I have installed Windows Phone 7.1 SDK and Windows Phone 8.1 SDK. When i go to VS menu under DEBUG->Other Debug Targets->Debug Windows phone internet Explorer nothing appear under Target Device Dropdown list in order to choose emulator. Any ideas how to configure them?.
The Windows Phone 8.0 SDK include the ability to create apps for 7.1 and 8.0 so there should be no need to install the 7.1 SDK.
Developing apps for 7.x is not supported in Visual Studio 2013. If you must target 7.x devices you'll need to use VS2010 or VS2012.
If you want o build for Windows Phone 7.x you should use Visual Studio 2012. You can install this AND Visual Studio 2013 on the same machine.
Again one more thing is you can not build Windows Phone 8.1 apps on Windows 7 OS. So it is advisable to install windows 8.1 / 10 OS and install both VS2012 and VS2013.