What to do if you get this on VSIX installer error: The installation of “Windows Driver Kit” could not be carried out successfully for all selected products

Question

i already tryed to reset pc and folowing the steps ther but its still give me this error and this is how its looks like: https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1276531571020664853/1277198879325945959/image.png?ex=66cc4ba6&is=66cafa26&hm=e680e4026e7af0f8efd5f1bddbc5d2ff75ec1c4359db66eb1408b9f4c3ad541d&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

Answer 1

Hello @Victoria Victoria,

There’s a known limitation about WDK extension, see this document: WDK extension fails to install

If you are using VS 17.11.0 or 17.11.1, uncheck the install extension checkbox in the WDK installation.

And this document: Install WDK

In Visual Studio versions 17.11.0 and 17.11.1, the WDK extension is automatically installed with Visual Studio. However, the checkbox to install the VSIX extension still appears in the WDK installer settings. You need to deselect this checkbox to prevent an install failure.

Since you have tried to reset PC and follow the steps to install WDK, you can check following things:

1. Open Control Panel, make sure that the WDK has been installed.

2. Open VS Installer, click Modify, Individual components, search "Windows Driver Kit", check to install it.

3. Open VS, try to create a project which uses WDK, see if it works.

Please feel free to let us know the results :)

Sincerely,

Tianyu

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