Getting started with the Windows SDK

re: Getting started with the Windows SDK

Koby Kahane — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:24:44 GMT

Why is the Dependency Walker utility no longer a part of the Windows SDK? Getting it separately from http://dependencywalker.com is inconvenient, especially when you're deploying the latest versions of tools across your developer organization.

re: Getting started with the Windows SDK

wsdkblog@microsoft.com — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 23:10:03 GMT

Depends.Exe did not meet all of the Windows SDK quality requirements necessary to ship in the SDK. You can still acquire several versions of the Depends tool and a FAQ that describes how to use the tool from http://dependencywalker.com.

Sumit Kumar

Windows SDK Tools Program Manager

re: Getting started with the Windows SDK

PatriotB — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:52:13 GMT

It's unfortunate that removing Dependency Walker was the chosen route, rather than make the necessary fixes so that it meets the "quality requirements." We go and download it from that web site, and thus we still have the "low-quality" code on our machine. If low-quality means "potentially vulnerable to security exploits", we're just as vulnerable getting it from that web site as we are getting it in the SDK...

re: Getting started with the Windows SDK

wsdkblog@microsoft.com — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:06:55 GMT

I'm interested in hearing from people who use Dependency Walker and how it's used in development, what version of Windows you're using it with (Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Vista, etc.), whether you use it in console or GUI mode, what improvements are needed, etc. Although Dependency Walker's developer, Steve Miller, still provides Depends.exe on his freeware application site (http://www.stevemiller.net/apps/), I'm hearing that some developers want it back in the Windows SDK. I'd like to hear what you have to say.

Karin Meier, Windows SDK Community PM, Samples PM