Introduction to Building Drivers
WDF drivers are built by using the WDK Build utility (Build.exe), which is the command-line tool that Microsoft uses to build Windows itself. The Build utility is the only tool that Microsoft supports for building drivers, but it can also be used to build various other types of projects including user-mode applications. This section provides a basic introduction to how to use the Build utility to build driver binaries and related files such as INFs.
Build Environments
The Build utility is run from a command window. You set environment variables for this window to specify the following three key build parameters:
Which version of Windows the driver will be installed on.
UMDF drivers can be installed on Windows XP, Windows ...
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