`-requires` wildcard

[ryanmkurtz]

I would like to do something like -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.*, or something similar so I don't have to maintain a list of all possible SDK versions when any will suffice. Is that possible?

[heaths]

I'm not opposed to the idea - we could keep it efficient by only doing a wildcard match if there are wildcard characters in the filter - but why not just depend on the parent Workload then? IIRC, at least one Windows SDK is required so if you don't care which version this should be equivalent.

[ryanmkurtz]

but why not just depend on the parent Workload then?

Are you referring to Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.UniversalBuildTools?

[heaths]

There's a couple, but that one is probably best if you just want a Windows SDK.

[ryanmkurtz]

In my experimentation it's possible to install studio or build tools with no SDK, and there are many components that full under Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.UniversalBuildTools that don't fulfill my Win10 or Win11 SDK requirement, so I think a wildcard or regex would still be needed.

[heaths]

This feature is included in 3.1.1 which is available on nuget.org, chocolatey.org, and should soon be available in scoop.

[heaths]

I've also added this to the wiki: https://github.com/microsoft/vswhere/wiki/Examples#wildcards

[ryanmkurtz]

Thank you!

[neur1n]

When running vswhere -requires Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.*, why am I getting the following results instead of the installation location of Windows SDK (which should be D:\Windows Kits\10)?

Visual Studio Locator version 3.1.1+f4ef329670 [query version 2.11.65.22356]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

instanceId: 32e62fb6
installDate: 5/26/2022 16:08:27
installationName: VisualStudio/16.11.23+33214.272
installationPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community
installationVersion: 16.11.33214.272
productId: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Product.Community
productPath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
state: 4294967295
isComplete: 1
isLaunchable: 1
isPrerelease: 0
isRebootRequired: 0
thirdPartyNotices: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=660909
updateDate: 2023-01-12T08:50:11.3291813Z
catalog_buildBranch: d16.11
catalog_buildVersion: 16.11.33214.272
catalog_id: VisualStudio/16.11.23+33214.272
catalog_localBuild: build-lab
catalog_manifestName: VisualStudio
catalog_manifestType: installer
catalog_productDisplayVersion: 16.11.23
catalog_productLine: Dev16
catalog_productLineVersion: 2019
catalog_productMilestone: RTW
catalog_productMilestoneIsPreRelease: False
catalog_productName: Visual Studio
catalog_productPatchVersion: 23
catalog_productPreReleaseMilestoneSuffix: 1.0
catalog_productSemanticVersion: 16.11.23+33214.272
catalog_requiredEngineVersion: 2.11.69.53063
properties_campaignId: 2030:68786c65-beca-44df-bab1-d1f58a781f07
properties_channelManifestId: VisualStudio.16.Release/16.11.23+33214.272
properties_nickname:
properties_setupEngineFilePath: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\setup.exe

[heaths]

vswhere is for finding the location of VS, not individual package information which can have numerous top-level directories, such as Windows Kits. With the returned installation path you have to construct your own child path. Anything installed outside the VS installation path is most likely a Windows Installer package and you can use other existing means to detect if and where they are installed.

In the future, please open a new issue.