Windows Driver Kit (WDK) Documentation
Updated: October 6, 2009
This download installs the Microsoft Windows Driver Kit (WDK) documentation for Windows 7.
The Windows Driver Kit documentation is normally updated on MSDN and WHDC in bi-monthly intervals between major releases. Either location might contain newer content than the version you currently have installed on your computer. To check, compare the build date in the footer section of any topic in your installed documentation against the release date of the WDK documentation download on WHDC or the topic on MSDN. If the release date on WHDC is more recent, you should consider updating your locally installed documentation.
Installation Instructions
1. | Click the WDKdocs_monthdayyear.exe file. |
2. | When prompted, click Run to start the installation, or Save to save the .exe file on your computer. |
3. | If you click Run, proceed with the installation and if the Microsoft Document Explorer 2005 Setup Wizard appears, click Next.
Note: If you already have Document Explorer installed on your computer, you will not see this wizard. |
4. | Accept the license agreement for Document Explorer, and then click Install. |
5. | After you click Finish to complete the installation, you will see the Setup Wizard for the WDK documentation. Make note of the version number of this file. It will look like this: 7600.091002, where 7600 refers to the WDK for Windows 7, 09 is the year, 10 is the month, and 02 is the day.
Note: The version number will change every time that updated WDK documentation is posted to WHDC. Each installation will install independently of the previous one. You can install multiple versions on your computer. However, if you want to keep only the most recent version, you must uninstall previous versions. |
6. | Click Next. |
7. | Click Next to install in the default location, and then click Install.
If you installed in the default location, you can open the documentation by clicking Start, pointing to All Programs, pointing to Windows Driver Kit Documentation, and then clicking WDK version number, where version number is the number that you noted in step 5. |
