Navigate to the Microsoft Learn portal and download the WDK installer for your version of Windows (e.g., Windows 11 or 10).
: Ensure you include "C++ Spectre-mitigated libraries" for your target architecture (x64, x86, or ARM64).
For modern development pipelines, you can install WDK headers and libraries as a directly within Visual Studio. Right-click your driver project in Visual Studio.
: This is the recommended environment for the latest WDK. When installing, select the Desktop development with C++ workload.
Follow the prompts to complete the setup. By default, it installs to %ProgramFiles(x86)%\Windows Kits\ . 2. Installing via Visual Studio (VSIX)
Search for "Windows Driver Kit," check the box, and click to install. 3. Using NuGet for CI/CD