WDK 7600 on WinXP x64

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WDK 7600 is refused to install on WinXP x64 version. It was rather wondering for me.
Little research shows that the reason is catalog (.cat) files where WinXP x64 is missed as supported version.

Solution to install:

  1. Copy DVD content on hard drive, make copy of WDK and WDTF directories (WDK_x64 and WDTF_x64) and remove read-only attribute.
  2. Download Orca tool to edit msi files (http://www.technipages.com/download-orca-msi-editor.html)
  3. for each msi file in those 2 directories do following:
    open it with orca, select InstallExecuteSequence table
    select InstallCatalog action
    delete this action (by Cut Row(s) popup menu item)
  4. Run all msi in those 2 directories and then Documentation\Docs.msi

Now WDK 7600 is installed on your WinXP x64 system.
Verify installation by selecting Win7 build environment and execute build -cZ (as it recommended in install guide).
enjoy :wink:

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Thanks for the solution. I’m currently composing detailed instructions for
performing an install of the WDK on Windows XP 64-bit I’ll post them here
later today. The catalog files are indeed the problem but not for the reason
listed here. Apparently Windows XP 64-bit doesn’t support catalog file names
longer than 28 characters. I’m not certain of the reason for this limitation
but we’re working on a fix for the service release. In the meantime you can
use the instructions I’ll post later to get the WDK on Windows XP 64-bit.

Thanks,
Paul Wiens

wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
> WDK 7600 is refused to install on WinXP x64 version. It was rather
> wondering for me.
> Little research shows that the reason is catalog (.cat) files where WinXP
> x64 is missed as supported version.
>
> Solution to install:
> 1. Copy DVD content on hard drive, make copy of WDK and WDTF directories
> (WDK_x64 and WDTF_x64) and remove read-only attribute.
> 2. Download Orca tool to edit msi files
> (http://www.technipages.com/download-orca-msi-editor.html)
> 3. for each msi file in those 2 directories do following:
> open it with orca, select InstallExecuteSequence table
> select InstallCatalog action
> delete this action (by Cut Row(s) popup menu item)
> 4. Run all msi in those 2 directories and then Documentation\Docs.msi
>
> Now WDK 7600 is installed on your WinXP x64 system.
> Verify installation by selecting Win7 build environment and execute
> build -cZ (as it recommended in install guide).
> enjoy :wink:
>
>