Getting windbg without the whole WDK? [closed]

Actually, Microsoft has now made the Debugging Tools downloadable separately from the SDK. Look for the section "Standalone Debugging Tools for Windows (WinDbg)" about mid-page:

  • for Windows 8.1

  • for Windows 10


Officially, you can't. But someone's been extracting them for your convenience and hosting them.

Note: You can get the older releases on the official site, but the latest ones are part of the WDK.


If you run winsdk_web.exe from the following link, you can selectively install windbg or extract windbg installer msi.

Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=191420

Debugging tools for Windows