Ran into an issue today trying to install “Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4”  (http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=8279) on my Windows 8 Pro Dev Box.

The error given is: –

A problem occurred while installing selected Windows SDK components.

Installation of the “Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7” product has reported the following error: Please refer to Samples\Setup\HTML\ConfigDetails.htm document for further information.

Please attempt to resolve the problem and then start Windows SDK setup again. If you continue to have problems with this issue, please visit the SDKteam support page at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=130245.

Click the View Log button to review the installation log.
To exit, click Finish.

and looks like: –

Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 error message on Windows 8 Pro system

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable

Before it tries to install it warns you that the “Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable – 10.0.40219” is installed, is newer than the one included and so will not be updated… however this is the cause of the failed install…

Before installing you need to remove all C++ 2010 components.

Note that this issue is not unique to Windows 8, also affects Windows 7 and probably Windows XP too, though not tried it there.

You can also install OK, if during the component selection process you de-select “Microsoft Visual C++ 2010” under  “Redistributable Packages” and “Visual C++ Compilers” under “Windows Native Code Development“: –

Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 – de-select C++ bits…