The following table supplies basic information about the tools that are included in the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). For more information about each tool, see the documentation that describes the tool.

The WDKPath variable represents the path to the directory in which the WDK is installed, such as C:\WINDDK\Version#.

Notes

• In conformance with Microsoft support policy, Microsoft is removing Windows 2000 from its list of supported installation platforms for the Windows Driver Kit (WDK). The WDK continues to provide a Windows 2000 build environment for the development of drivers targeting Windows 2000.

  Windows 2000 moved from Mainstream to Extended Support in June 2005 (as defined in the Microsoft Support Lifecycle policy). The Extended Support phase includes security updates and paid support only; it does not provide support for design changes or new product features. As a result, build tools and platform or library support is limited to Windows XP SP2 and later versions of Windows operating system.

  The complete list of install-on platforms for the WDK consists of: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 SP1, and Windows XP SP2. The complete list of build-for platforms consists of: Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, and Windows 2000 SP4.

  For information about how to obtain the latest WDK, see How to Get the Windows Driver Kit and the Windows Logo Kit.

  Customers that require Windows 2000 as an installation platform can download the Windows Server 2003 SP1 Driver Development Kit (DDK) at no cost from the Windows Hardware Developer Central Web site.

Tool name	WDK tool	Tool location	Help file location	Description
Technology: Audio / Video Drivers
Display Color Calibration tool (Dccw.exe	No	Windows\System32\Dccw.exe	WHDC Documentation: MCCS Use by Windows 7 Display Color Calibration Tool	A calibration tool that lets users adjust their display color to be closer to the Windows and World Wide Web international standard red-green-blue (sRGB) color space.
GraphEdt (Graphedt.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\avstream\i386\graphedt.exe	MSDN Documentation: Overview of GraphEdit	Builds filter graphs to test streaming audio/video capture drivers.
USB Device Viewer (Uvcview.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\avstream\amd64\Uvcview.exe WDKPath\tools\avstream\i386\Uvcview.exe	The USB Device Viewer is an enhanced version of the USBVIEW Sample Application	Enumerates the USB host controllers, USB hubs, and attached USB devices and can query information about the devices from the registry and through USB requests to the devices.
Technology: Biometric Drivers
Windows Biometric Framework Tools (BioTest.exe, WBDIDriverTest.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\Biometrics\amd64 WDKPath\tools\Biometrics\i386 WDKPath\tools\Biometrics\ia64	WDK Documentation: Windows Biometric Framework Tools	Provides developers with tools to implement sensor, engine and storage adapters to support their biometric devices.
Technology: Bluetooth Drivers
Bluetooth Inquiry Record Verifier (Sdpverify.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\Bluetooth\amd64\Sdpverifiy.exe WDKPath\tools\Bluetooth\i386\Sdpverifiy.exe WDKPath\tools\Bluetooth\ia64\Sdpverifiy.exe	For current documentation about this tool, refer to the following files: WDKPath\tools\Bluetooth\amd64\Readme.txt WDKPath\tools\Bluetooth\i386\Readme.txt WDKPath\tools\Bluetooth\ia64\Readme.txt	Displays a Bluetooth device’s Inquiry Record as Windows interprets it.
Technology: Modem Drivers
ProCalc	Yes	WDKPath\tools\procalc\setup.exe (installs ProCalc)	WDK Documentation: Using ProCalc	Creates common modem INF file registry entries for the add-registry sections of modem INF files.
Technology: Network Drivers
WWAN Driver Test App (WwanDriverTestApp.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\Networking\amd64\WwanDriverTestApp.exe WDKPath\tools\Networking\i386\WwanDriverTestApp.exe	Run the WWAN Driver Test Application. From the Help menu, select Usage.	Sends WWAN OID requests to the miniport driver and displays the indications received back from the driver.
Technology: Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) Drivers
WIADbgCfg. (Wiadbgcfg.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wia\x86\wiadbgcfg.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\amd64\wiadbgcfg.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\ia64\wiadbgcfg.exe	Wiadbgcfg.htm WDKpath\tools\wia\x86\wiadbgcfg.htm	Enables logging for WIA drivers (Windows Server 2003)
WIALogCfg. (Wialogcfg.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wia\x86\wialogcfg.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\amd64\wialogcfg.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\ia64\wialogcfg.exe	Wialogcfg.htm WDKpath\tools\wia\x86\wialogcfg.htm	Enables logging for WIA drivers (Windows XP)
WIAInfo2 (wiainfo2.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wia\x86\wiainfo2.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\amd64\wiainfo2.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\ia64\wiainfo2.exe	Wiainfo2.htm WDKPath\tools\wia\x86\wiainfo2.htm	Displays the WIA item tree so that you can view and edit WIA device driver properties.
WIAPreview (Wiapreview.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wia\x86\wiapreview.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\amd64\wiapreview.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\ia64\wiaprevew.exe	Wiapreview.htm WDKPath\tools\wia\amd64\wiapreview.htm	Shows how to use the WIA Preview component and the driver’s segmentation filter.
WIATest (Wiatest.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wia\x86\wiatest.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\amd64\wiatest.exe WDKPath\tools\wia\ia64\wiatest.exe	Wiatest.htm WDKPath\tools\wia\x86\wiatest.htm	Displays the item tree that is created by the driver, the Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) properties exposed by the driver, and the current value of each property. You can use this tool to debug your driver during development and unit test.
Windows Imaging Trace File Viewer (Wiatrcvw.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wia\x86\wiatrcvw.exe	At the command prompt, type wiatracvw /?.	Displays the WIA trace log (%WINDIR%\Debug\WIA\wiatrace.logb) and lets you change the WIA tracing parameters for each module.
Technology: Windows Portable Devices (WPD) Driver
WpdDeviceInspector	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wpd\amd64\WpdDeviceInspector.exe WDKPath\tools\wpd\x86\WpdDeviceInspector.exe WDKPath\tools\wpd\ia64\WpdDeviceInspector.exe	WDK Documentation: Windows Portable Devices	Queries a WPD driver and generates a comprehensive HTML report that describes your device and its capabilities. For example, you can use it to retrieve a list of supported device commands and objects. And, this tool will generate a list of all properties supported by each object.
WpdInfo	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wpd\amd64\WpdInfo.exe WDKPath\tools\wpd\ia64\WpdInfo.exe WDKPath\tools\wpd\x86\WpdInfo.exe	WDK Documentation: Windows Portable Devices	Performs common WPD operations such as: opening and closing a device, creating or deleting objects on a device, and issuing device commands.
WpdMon	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wpd\amd64\WpdMon.exe WDKPath\tools\wpd\x86\WpdMon.exe	WDK Documentation: Windows Portable Devices	Logs the traffic between a Windows Vista application and a WPD driver.
Technology: Printer Drivers
GPDCheck (Gpdcheck.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\print\x86\gpdcheck.exe WDKPath\tools\print\iamd64\gpdcheck.exe WDKPath\tools\print\ia64\gpdcheck.exe	At the command prompt, type gpdcheck /?	Validates the syntactical correctness of a Generic Printer Description File (GPD).
INFGate (Infgate.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\print\x86\infgate.exe WDKPath\tools\print\iamd64\infgate.exe WDKPath\tools\print\ia64\infgate.exe.exe	At the command prompt, type infgate /?	Validates the conformance of a printer INF file.
isXPS (isXPS.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\print\x86\isxps\isxps.exe WDKPath\tools\print\iamd64\isxps\isxps.exe WDKPath\tools\print\ia64\isxps\isxps.exe	At the command prompt, type isxps /? For more information, see isXPS Conformance Tool in the Windows MSDN library.	Validates the conformance of an XPS file to the XPS and OPC specifications.
Looksgood (Looksgood.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\print\x86\looksgood\looksgood.exe WDKPath\tools\print\iamd64\looksgood\looksgood.exe WDKPath\tools\print\ia64\looksgood\looksgood.exe	At the command prompt, type Looksgood /?	Validates the correctness of an XPS rendering engine.
MakeNTF (Makentf.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\print\x86\makentf.exe WDKPath\tools\print\amd64\makentf.exe WDKPath\tools\print\ia64\makentf.exe	WDK Documentation: Converting AFM Files to NTF Files WDK Documentation: Converting East Asian AFM Files to NTF Files	Converts Adobe Font Metrics (AFM) files and East Asian font AFM files to Windows font files (.ntf).
PPDCheck (Ppdcheck.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\print\x86\ppdcheck.exe WDKPath\tools\print\amd64\ppdcheck.exe WDKPath\tools\print\ia64\ppdcheck.exe	At the command prompt, type ppdcheck /?	Validates the syntactical correctness of a PostScript Printer Description File (PPD).
PTConform (PTConform.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\print\x86\PTConform.exe WDKPath\tools\print\amd64\PTConform.exe WDKPath\tools\print\ia64\PTConform.exe	At the command prompt, type ptconform /?	Validates a Print Ticket or Print Capabilities document for conformance to the Print Schema.
XpsAnalyzer (XpsAnalyzer.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\print\x86\XpsAnalyzer.exe WDKPath\tools\print\amd64\XpsAnalyzer.exe WDKPath\tools\print\ia64\XpsAnalyzer.exe	WDK Documentation: XpsAnalyzer	Analyzes XML Paper Specification (XPS) files for compatibility with the XPS 1.0 specification.
Technology: All
BinPlace	Yes	WDKPath\bin\ia64\binplace.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\binplace.exe	WDK Documentation: BinPlace	Manages large coding projects by moving files, extracting symbols from executable files, and removing private symbols from symbol files.
Build	Yes	WDKPath\bin\ia64\build.exe WDKPath\bin\win64\x86\build.exe WDKPath\bin\win64\x86\amd64\build.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\build.exe	WDK Documentation: Build	Builds the samples, drivers, and associated software components that are supplied in the Microsoft WDK.
CertMgr	Yes	WDKPath\bin\amd64\CertMgr.exe WDKPath\bin\ia64\CertMgr.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\CertMgr.exe	WDK Documentation: CertMgr	Manages certificates, certificate trust lists (CTLs), and certificate revocation lists (CRLs) that are used to sign drivers and driver packages.
ChkINF	Yes	WDKPath\tools\chkinf	WDK Documentation: ChkINF WDK Documentation: Using ChkINF with Modem INF Files	A set of Perl scripts that verify the structure and syntax of setup information (INF) files for drivers.
Co-installer for Processing DDInstall.WMI	Yes	WDKPath\tools\coinstallers	WDKPath\tools\coinstallers\wmiinst.htm	Redistributable co-installer used to process the [DDIinstall.WMI] section in an INF file on Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Computer Hardware Identification Tool (ComputerHardwareIds.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\other\amd64\ComputerHardwareIds.exe WDKPath\tools\other\i386\ComputerHardwareIds.exe WDKPath\tools\other\ia64\ComputerHardwareIds.exe	WDK Documentation: ComputerHardwareIds	Derives the computer hardware IDs from SMBIOS information.
DC2WMIParser (Dc2wmiparser.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\dc2\amd64\dc2wmiparser.exe WDKPath\tools\dc2\i386\dc2wmiparser.exe WDKPath\tools\dc2\ia64\dc2wmiparser.exe	WDK Documentation: IRP Logging WDK Documentation: Active Control Test WDK Documentation: Device Path Exerciser Overview	Converts logs of a driver's IRP use from WMI record format to a readable text file. The text file can be used as input to the Active Control Test in Device Path Exerciser (Devpathexer.exe).
Dependency Walker (Depends.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\other\amd64\depends.exe WDKPath\tools\other\i386\depends.exe WDKPath\tools\other\ia64\depends.exe	In the tool, from the Dependency Walker Help menu, select Help Topics.	Displays the dependence patterns of the modules that are required by an application in a tree diagram. The display includes numerous details, including the functions exported by each module, the functions actually called by other modules, and the minimum set of files that are required for a module to load and run.
DevCon (Devcon.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\devcon\amd64\devcon.exe WDKPath\tools\devcon\i386\devcon.exe WDKPath\tools\devcon\ia64\devcon.exe	WDK Documentation: DevCon	A command-line version of Device Manager. DevCon enables, disables, installs, configures, and removes devices on the local computer and displays detailed information about devices on local and remote computers.
Device Path Exerciser (Devpathexer.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\dc2\amd64\ Devpathexer.exe WDKPath\tools\dc2\i386\ Devpathexer.exe WDKPath\tools\dc2\ia64\ Devpathexer.exe	WDK Documentation: Device Path Exerciser	Tests the reliability and security of drivers by calling drivers through a variety of user-mode I/O interfaces that have valid, invalid, meaningless, and poorly-formatted buffers and data that will crash the driver if not managed correctly. This is the tool form of a Windows logo test.
Driver Coverage Toolkit	Yes	WDKPath\tools\drvcov\amd64 WDKPath\tools\drvcov\i386 WDKPath\tools\drvcov\ia64\devcon.exe	WDK Documentation: Driver Coverage Toolkit	Reports on the various I/O request packets (IRPs) that enter or exit a driver stack for specified devices. The data from the Driver Coverage toolkit can help identify coverage weaknesses during driver test and verification.
Drivers (Drivers.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\other\amd64\drivers.exe WDKPath\tools\other\i386\drivers.exe WDKPath\tools\other\ia64\drivers.exe	None	Displays a list of all drivers that are installed on the computer.
Driver Verifier (Verifier.exe	No	%Windir%\system32\verifier.exe	WDK Documentation: Driver Verifier	Monitors kernel-mode drivers and graphics drivers to detect illegal function calls or actions that might corrupt the system. It can subject the drivers to a variety of stresses and tests to find improper behavior.
GUIDgen (Guidgen.exe)	No	Download available from Microsoft Exchange Server GUID Generator	GUIDGEN.doc (included in the download package)	Generates globally unique identifiers (GUID) that you can use to identify your classes, objects, and interfaces. The generated GUID is copied to the Clipboard in one of four formats so that you can insert it into your source code.
Inf2Cat	Yes	WDKPath\bin\SelfSign\inf2cat.exe	WDK Documentation: Inf2Cat	Determines whether a driver package’s INF file can be digitally-signed for a specified list of Windows versions, and, if so, generates the unsigned catalog files that apply to the specified Windows versions.
IoSpy and IoAttack (IoSpyCmd.exe, IoAttack.exe )	Yes	WDKPath\tools\iospy\amd64\ WDKPath\tools\iospy\i386 WDKPath\tools\iospsy\ia64	WDK Documentation: IoSpy and IoAttack	Performs IOCTL and WMI fuzz tests on kernel-mode drivers. Fuzz testing presents a driver with random data.
MakeCat	Yes	WDKPath\bin\amd64\MakeCat.exe WDKPath\bin\ia64\MakeCat.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\MakeCat.exe	WDK Documentation: MakeCat	Creates a catalog file for a driver package.
MakeCert	Yes	WDKPath\bin\amd64\MakeCertt.exe WDKPath\bin\ia64\MakeCert.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\MakeCert.exe	WDK Documentation: MakeCert	Creates an X.509 certificate that is signed by a system test root key or by another specified key.
Windows Auto Code Review (OACR) (Oacr.exe).	Yes	WDKPath\bin\amd64\OACR\ WDKPath\bin\x86\OACR	WDK Documentation: Windows Auto Code Review (OACR)	Integrates static analysis tools, such as PREfast for Drivers, into the WDK build environment.
PnpCpu	Yes	WDKPath\tools\Other\PnpCpu	WDK Documentation:PNPCPU	Simulates a hot add of processors to a running instance of Windows Server 2008.
PnpDTest	Yes	WDKPath\tools\pnpdtest\x86\pnpdtest.exe	WDK Documentation: Plug and Play Driver Test	Tests code paths related to Plug and Play (PnP), including IRPs for removal, rebalance, and surprise removal.
PoolMon (Poolmon.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\other\amd64\poolmon.exe WDKPath\tools\other\i386\poolmon.exe WDKPath\tools\other\ia64\poolmon.exe	WDK Documentation: PoolMon	Displays data that the operating system collects about memory allocations from the system's paged and nonpaged kernel pools, and the memory pools used for Terminal Services sessions. The data is grouped by pool allocation tag.
PREfast for Drivers	Yes	WDKPath\tools\pfd (Runs in a build environment window in the directory that stores the driver code.)	WDK Documentation: PREfast for Drivers	A static verification tool that detects C and C++ coding errors. This version is specifically designed to detect errors in kernel-mode drivers.
Pvk2Pfx	Yes	WDKPath\bin\amd64\Pvk2Pfx.exe WDKPath\bin\ia64\Pvk2Pfx.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\Pvk2Pfx.exe	WDK Documentation: Pvk2Pfx	Copies public key and private key information contained in .spc, .cer, and .pvk files to a personal information exchange (.pfx) file.
PwrTest	Yes	WDKPath\tools\acpi\pwrtest	WDK Documentation: PwrTest	A power management tool for Windows Vista and later that exercises and records power management information from the computer.
SignTool	Yes	WDKPath\bin\amd64\SignTool.exe WDKPath\bin\ia64\SignTool.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\SignTool.exe	WDK Documentation: SignTool	Digitally-signs files, verifies signatures in files, and time-stamps files.
Stampinf (Stampinf.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\bin\ia64\stampinf.exe WDKPath\bin\amd64\stampinf.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\stampinf.exe	At the command prompt, type stampinf /?	Updates common INF file directives, including the DriverVer directive.
Static Driver Verifier	Yes	WDKPath\tools\SDV (Runs in a build environment window in the directory that stores the driver code)	WDK Documentation: Static Driver Verifier	A static verification tool for drivers that systematically analyzes the source code of Windows drivers and determines whether the driver properly interacts with the Windows operating system kernel.
Tracefmt (Tracefmt.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\tracing\i386\tracefmt.exe	WDK Documentation: Tracefmt	Formats and displays trace messages from an event trace log file (.etl) or a real-time trace session.
TraceLog (Tracelog.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\tracing\i386\tracelog.exe	WDK Documentation: Tracelog	Configures and controls trace sessions from the command line. Measures time spent in deferred procedure calls (DPCs) and interrupt service routines (ISRs).
TracePDB (Tracepdb.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\tracing\i386\tracepdb.exe	WDK Documentation: Tracepdb	Creates trace message format (.tmf) files from the full or private PDB symbol file for a WPP trace provider.
TraceView (Traceview.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\tracing\i386\TraceView.exe	WDK Documentation: TraceView	Configures and controls trace sessions and displays formatted trace messages from real-time trace sessions and trace logs. TraceView has a graphic user interface and a command-line interface for batch processing and scripting.
TraceWPP	Yes	WDKPath\bin\ia64\tracewpp.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\tracewpp.exe	WDK Documentation: WPP Preprocessor WDK Documentation: Survey of Software Tracing Tools	Runs the Windows Software Trace Preprocessor (WPP).
WDF Verifier	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wdf\amd64\wdfverifier.exe WDKPath\tools\wdf\i386\wdfverifier.exe WDKPath\tools\wdf\ia64\wdfverifier.exe	WDK Documentation: WDF Verifier Control Application	Provides an easy-to-use interface to the framework's verifier for KMDF and UMDF drivers.
Web Services on devices (WSD) Basic Interoperability Tool (WSDBIT)	Yes	WSDBIT Client: WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\amd64\wsdbit_client.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\ia64\wsdbit_client.exe WDKPath\tools\ wdsapi\i386\wsdbit_client.exe WSDBIT Server: WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\amd64\wsdbit_server.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\ia64\wsdbit_server.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\i386\wsdbit_server.exe	WDK Documentation: WSD Interoperability Tool	Verifies an implementation of Device Profile for Web Services (DPWS) works with WSDAPI.
Winerror (Winerror.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\tools\other\amd64\winerror.exe WDKPath\tools\other\i386\winerror.exe WDKPath\tools\other\ia64\winerror.exe		Returns the error message identifier and mapping information for the specified error (Winerror.h) or success codes (Ntstatus.h).
WMIMofCk (Wmimofck.exe)	Yes	WDKPath\bin\ia64\wmimofck.exe WDKPath\bin\win64\x86\wmimofck.exe WDKPath\bin\win64\x86\amd64\wmimofck.exe WDKPath\bin\x86\wmimofck.exe	WDK Documentation: Using wmimofck.exe	Verifies that the classes, properties, methods and events specified in a binary MOF file (.bmf) are valid for WMI use. Generates MOF support files.
WsdCodeGen	Yes	WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\amd64\wsdcodegen.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\ia64\wsdcodegen.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\i386\wsdcodegen.exe	Windows SDK: see the Web Services on Devices section	Automatically generates proxies and stubs based on a Web Services contract. Primarily, you can use this tool to create client applications.  However, you can use it for testing or for creating user-mode drivers.
WSDDebug_client and WSDDebug_host	Yes	Debug Client: WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\amd64\WSDDebug_client.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\ia64\WSDDebug_client.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\i386\WSDDebug_client.exe Debug Host: WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\amd64\WSDDebug_host.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\i386\WSDDebug_host.exe WDKPath\tools\wdsapi\ia64\WSDDebug_host.exe	Windows SDK: see the Web Services on Devices section	These tools are a soft device and client that you can use to troubleshoot devices or applications.