Searching the new FxCop-Release (10.0)

How to obtain and install a newer FxCop release from the Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 when the FxCop GUI update link is broken.

Today my FxCop-GUI stated, that a new release is available – but the link to this release is broken.

After googling a little bit i realized, that the new release of FxCop ist actually only included in “Windows SDK for Windows 7.1”.

This is downloadable under Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 and .NET Framework 4 (ISO)

  1. Extract the ISO
  2. Open the Setup\WinSDKNetFxTools\cab1.cab
  3. Extract WinSDK\_FxCopSetup.exe\_all\_enu\_1B2F0812\_3E8B\_426F\_95DE\_4655AE4DA6C6
  4. Run Install.Exe