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Joshka
Joshka

Reputation: 886

Does Visual Studio 2012 include the full Windows SDK

If I've installed the Visual Studio 2012, do I need to install the Windows SDK, or are all tools / parts of the SDK included as part of the Visual Studio installation.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 9668

Answers (3)

Rolf Huisman
Rolf Huisman

Reputation: 1437

The visual studio 2012 installer does not contain the full Windows SDK or Visual Studio 2012 SDK. these need to be installed separately.

Upvotes: 7

Bob
Bob

Reputation: 11

See this post for more information:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chuckw/archive/2012/03/22/where-is-the-directx-sdk.aspx

"The DirectX SDK is now part of the Windows 8.0 SDK."

"The Windows SDK for Windows 8 (aka Windows 8.0 SDK) is included with Visual Studio 2012, and is also available as a standalone package for use with Visual Studio 2010."

Upvotes: 1

Mark
Mark

Reputation: 47

Depends on which version of VS 2012 you have installed. Professional version and above include the Windows 8 SDK, so unless you are planning to develop applications for Windows XP or earlier versions of the OS, there is no need to install the SDK separately - you would already have it.

However, if you have installed VS 2012 Express, I would suggest referring to on-line documentation for clarification on this issue.

Upvotes: 3

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