Unable to install windows debugging tools on windows 7, it says it needs .NET Framework 4, but won't let me install it
I wanted to analyze a BSOD, so I looked https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Analyze-a-BSOD-Crash-Dump/ and it said to install Windows Debugging Tools / Windbg.
And it linked to https://developer.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/downloads/sdk-archive/ which mentions
so I click install sdk and it goes here
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279
So I click download and I get winsdk_web.exe
(498KB)
So I click that , and it says
So I go http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=187668
It lists a bunch of .NET Frameworks
I recall hearing that one doesn't include prior ones.
I tried installing .NET Framework 4.0 "dotNetFx40_Full_setup.exe" and it said
I tried 4.8 "ndp48-web.exe"
That seems to have installed.
I also might have some .NET frameworks installed already as I have visual studio
Then I try the winsdk executable again, and it says the same as before
Ramhound says that .NET framework 4.8 is a replacement for .NET framework 4.0 and you can't have both. And on the idea if installing 4.5 instead of 4.8, he says that "4.5 cannot be installed because .NET 4.8 being installed."
"I notice that the Windows SDK link I am using says For Framework 4 Released in June 2010, this SDK can be used to develop applications for Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and .NET Framework versions 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 SP1, and 4.0."
and
Ramhound has suggested installing the latest windows sdk , That's Windows 10 SDK https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/downloads/windows-10-sdk/ I notice that it lists Windows 7 SP1 as being at least somewhat supported(it says for win32 development, though i'm not doing that and i'm not sure who would, as computers have been 64bit for many years).But it may include a working windbg, So I will try that.