How to get correct FrameworkSDKPath in Visual Studio

Question

I am trying to get my WiX bootstrap installer signed in Visual Studio. I am following example shown in WiX: Digitally Sign BootStrapper project

Unfortunately had to use explicit path to sign tool to get it to work...

  <Target Name="UsesFrameworkSdk">
    <GetFrameworkSdkPath>
      <Output TaskParameter="Path" PropertyName="FrameworkSdkPath" />
    </GetFrameworkSdkPath>
    <Message Text="SDK path = '$(FrameworkSdkPath)'" Importance="high"/>
  </Target>
  <Target Name="UsesSignTool" DependsOnTargets="UsesFrameworkSdk">
    <PropertyGroup>
      <SignToolPath>C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x86\signtool.exe</SignToolPath>
    </PropertyGroup>
  </Target>

The FrameworkSdkPath variable returns "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0A\" which is not where the sign tool is.

If I start a VS command tool the environment variable WindowsSdkDir is set to the the directory containing signtool.exe. However this variable is not set within Visual Studio.

How to do this properly so I don't have to set explicit path?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 07 '17 at 02:09

How to do this properly so I don't have to set explicit path?

From the example, we could get the path from registry. like this:

 <Target Name="UsesFrameworkSdk">
    <GetFrameworkSdkPath>
      <Output TaskParameter="Path" PropertyName="FrameworkSdkPath" />
    </GetFrameworkSdkPath>
    <PropertyGroup>
      <Win10SDK>$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0@InstallationFolder)</Win10SDK>
    </PropertyGroup>
    <Message Text="SDK path = '$(Win10SDK)'" Importance="high"/>
  </Target>

  <Target Name="UsesSignTool" DependsOnTargets="UsesFrameworkSdk">
    <PropertyGroup>
      <SignToolPath Condition="('@(SignToolPath)'=='') and Exists('$(Win10SDK)\bin\x86\signtool.exe')">$(Win10SDK)\bin\x86\signtool.exe</SignToolPath>
    </PropertyGroup>
  </Target>

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 28 '17 at 17:45

The accepted answer is no longer valid for most recent versions of the SDK because the bin folder has moved. Here is the correction:

<Target Name="UsesFrameworkSdk">
  <PropertyGroup>

<Win10SDKBinPath>$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0@InstallationFolder)bin\</Win10SDKBinPath>

<Win10SDKVersion>$(registry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v10.0@ProductVersion).0\</Win10SDKVersion>
      <Win10SDKVerBinPath>$(Win10SDKBinPath)$(Win10SDKVersion)
    </Win10SDKVerBinPath>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Target>
<Target Name="UsesSignTool" DependsOnTargets="UsesFrameworkSdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <SignToolPath Condition="('@(SignToolPath)'=='') and Exists('$(Win10SDKVerBinPath)x86\signtool.exe')">$(Win10SDKVerBinPath)x86\signtool.exe</SignToolPath>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Target>

How to get correct FrameworkSDKPath in Visual Studio

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