Windows Debugging Tools Not Installing

Question

I'm trying to install the Windows Debugging Tools via the Windows SDK and after two attempts I am at a loss for what to do. I start the installation and receive no errors at all but the debugging tools (windbg and kd) are nowhere to be found... The log is next to useless:

9:16:59 PM Monday, July 18, 2011: [SDKSetup:Info] Config_Products_DetermineProductState_End:   Product: Windows Debugging Tools 
9:16:59 PM Monday, July 18, 2011: [SDKSetup:Info] Config_Products_DetermineProductState_Begin: Product: Redistributable Components for Application Verifier and Windows Debugging Tools 
9:16:59 PM Monday, July 18, 2011: [SDKSetup:Info] Config_Products_DetermineProductState:       Product: Redistributable Components for Application Verifier and Windows Debugging Tools;  Installed: Unknown;

Does anyone have any suggestions as to where to start debugging why I am unable to install the debugging tools? Oh, the irony!

Answer 1

If you're running Windows 7 AND Visual Studio 2010 SP1:

(The previous answer is out of date.)

Here's the problem according to microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2717426

In a nutshell, uninstall these two:

• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable
• Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x64 Redistributable

Now you should be able to install Windows Debugging Tools via the Windows 7.1 SDK.

Afterward, you may reinstall the Visual c++ 2010 redistributables if you want.