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MS say:

if you are not using Visual Studio to develop your drivers, you can download a standalone version of the WDK without the templates and tools that are built in to the Visual Studio experience

Somebody was able to install wdk8 without awfull vs2011 ?

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Yes, this installer can download package (330+ Mb) and then install it as usual. New WinDbg included also

Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.2.8250.0 AMD64
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

No signs of VS2011 found.

Or your question was not about this?

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Yes, this installer can download package (330+ Mb) and then install it as usual.

It`s the same installer as for installing with vs2011 ? I don`t remember if it asked me "do you want installation with no vs2011 support"

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Yes, this installer can download package (330+ Mb) and then install it as usual.
No signs of VS2011 found.

I think you have some very special wdk8
Today I try to install it on fresh machine and get interesting message (see attach)

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I guess I didn't get such message because of VS2010 was pre installed.