where can I get windbg for windows 7 64bit without the whole sdk?

Question

I am looking for windbg. Without the whole Windows SDK

I saw this link

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2736250/getting-windbg-without-the-whole-wdk

But the accepted answer, from dave black, (since MS has updated the content), seems to just be for Windows 8, and seems to be more than just windbg. (I doubt windbg is 1GB+)

I tried the sdksetup.exe files and it shows a suitcase.

And anyhow I don't even want the whole SDK.

And when I click that it just shows a suitcase

Then when it does seem to load, it doesn't offer just the SDK

Solution 1

As was mentioned in the Stack Overflow answer you referenced in your question, you can download the tools from this page.

Once you've downloaded and run sdksetup.exe, waited for the suitcase screen to pass, you just need to click "Next" a couple of times. You'll get to this screen:

From there you can deselect everything except "Debugging Tools for Windows"

Solution 2

Windbg for windows 7 - download

x86: http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/A/A6AC035D-DA3F-4F0C-ADA4-37C8E5D34E3D/setup/WinSDKDebuggingTools/dbg_x86.msi

x64: http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/A/A6AC035D-DA3F-4F0C-ADA4-37C8E5D34E3D/setup/WinSDKDebuggingTools_amd64/dbg_amd64.msi

Windbg for windows 10 (WinDbg 10.0.18362.1) - download

x86: https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/2/2/42245968-6A79-4DA7-A5FB-08C0AD0AE661/windowssdk/Installers/X86%20Debuggers%20And%20Tools-x86_en-us.msi

x64: https://download.microsoft.com/download/4/2/2/42245968-6A79-4DA7-A5FB-08C0AD0AE661/windowssdk/Installers/X64%20Debuggers%20And%20Tools-x64_en-us.msi

Windbg preview (WindbgX) from Microsoft Store

https://www.microsoft.com/store/p/windbg/9pgjgd53tn86

Source: https://github.com/yanglr/advDotnetDebugging/blob/main/README.md

Comments

[barlop]

thanks. interestingly mine is 256.2MB i.stack.imgur.com/QKl5A.png I will go ahead and install it

[Martha]

If that much-linked page has a link to JUST the debugger for Windows 7 (that's SEVEN, as in the integer between 6 and 8), then it is very successfully hidden from ordinary mortals. As far as I can see, it skips straight from Windows 8 to Windows XP.

[heavyd]

@Martha, sorry you weren't able to find what you were looking for. On the page I linked to, toward the bottom there is a link to the Windows 7 SDK.

[Jamie Hanrahan]

The debugger for Windows 8 (and the one for 10) is documented as being back-compatible to Windows 7. And in my experience (I use WinDbg a lot), it is. So it's fine.