If you are spinning up a legacy VM to patch an old driver, do not reach for the WDK 7 .iso. Reach for . It is the bridge between the past and the near-past. Do you still maintain a driver that targets Windows 7? Let me know in the comments below. Tags: WDK, Windows Driver Kit, KMDF, Windows 8.1, Legacy Drivers, Visual Studio 2013
Here is why this specific version still matters in a world of Windows 11 and ARM64. The single biggest reason to still have WDK 8.1 installed on a build machine is Target Platform configuration . windows driver kit 8.1
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