Vs2008+windows DDK 7 Environment configuration

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Mark offers some third party utilities. That's good, but I'll show a more handy-IMHO: How to configure and use Visual Studio for compiling drivers.?

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2. Setup Visual Studio 2008.
4. Setup DDK (WDK).
6. Add to VS paths DDK include files, libs and bins.
8. Create New Empty "Win32 project" and add source file (i.e.? HELLOWORLD.C).
9. Configure Project Properties (all configurations):
   2. c\c++-general-debug Information Format = Program Database (/zi)
   4. c\c++-Preprocessor-preprocessor definitions = _x86_ [Add also DBG for Debug Config]
   6. C\c++-Code generation-enable C + + Exceptions = No
   8. C\c++-Code generation-basic Runtime Checks = Default
   10. C\c++-Code generation-buffer Security Check = No? (/GS-)
   12. c\c++-Advanced-calling convention = __stdcall (/gz)
   14. C\c++-Advanced-compile as = Compile as C Code (/TC) [If you is going to use plain c]
   16. Linker-general-output File =? $ (OutDir) \$ (ProjectName). SYS
   18. Linker-general-enable Incremental linking = Default
   20. Linker-input-additional Dependencies =? ntoskrnl.lib Hal.lib $ (NOINHERIT)? [Add needed libs here e.g.? ntoskrnl.lib Hal.lib]
   22. Linker-input-ignore all Default Libraries = Yes (/nodefaultlib)
   24. Linker-manifest file-generate Manifest = No
   26. Linker-system-subsystem = Native (/subsystem:native)
   28. Linker-system-driver = Driver (/driver)
   30. Linker-advanced-entry point = DriverEntry
   32. Linker-advanced-base Address = 0x10000
   34. linker-advanced-randomized Base Address = Disable (/dynamicbase:no)

       (should be the default value)

   36. Linker-advanced-data Execution Prevention? (DEP) = Disable (/nxcompat:no)

   (should be the default value)

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10. OK. Done. Now your can test it with simple code, e.g.:

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    #include"Ntddk.h"

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    NTSTATUS

    DriverEntry (Pdriver_object driverobject,punicode_string

    Registrypath)

    {

    return status_unsuccessful;

    }

Vs2008+windows DDK 7 Environment configuration