Is Inspect a part of the Windows 10 standalone SDK?

Is there any alternative application to "inspect" for windows 10? I want to install "inspect" tool on my machine running windows 10 build 10586 (for testing purpose). According to Inspect documentation on MSDN it is not described if it is a part of win 10 sdk also or only upto win 8.1. Also is there any alternative tool for "Inspect" to debug on windows 10?

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Since 10.0.15063 the directory of the tools has changed. See the changelog:

To improve the developer experience, tools and metadata will lay down in versioned folders. This will allow developers to isolate the SDK and tools between releases.

You have to put the version of the Windows SDK between bin and x64 (or x86 or arm)

For me inspect is in the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.15063.0\x64

The folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\x64 (without the SDK version) exists, but does not contain the inspect tool.

Needed Components for "Inspect":

Needed Components for "Inspect"

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Inspect is, indeed, included in the Windows 10 "standalone SDK" available from Microsoft here. Note the installer stub allows you to download several "features" (additional toolkits and utility packages) besides the Windows SDK proper. If all you want is Inspect, you can save yourself downloading about 300MB (650MB installed) of unnecessary packages by deselecting everything except "Windows Software Development Kit":

SDK Feauture Selection Window

As for an alternative to Inspect, this answer suggests Windows Detective. Not having used the tool, I can't speak personally to its safety or suitability for the purpose, so caveat emptor, YMMV, May the Force Be With You and all that.

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If you are using Visual Studio 2017, you can also install Inspect via the Visual Studio Installer.

All you need is to install the following feature, or a later version:

Windows 10 SDK (10.0.15063.0) for UWP: C#, VB, JS

Visual Studio Installer

After doing that you should find inspect.exe in the following location:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\<version>\x64

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In windows 10, Inspect.exe is available at C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.17763.0\arm64.

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Steps in Jul 2022

Download the 22621.1.220506-1250.ni_release_WindowsSDK.iso and launch it, windows 10 will automatically mount it as D.

Install this: d:\Installers\Windows SDK for Windows Store Apps Tools-x86_en-us.msi

After that, inspect.exe will be available in C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.22621.0\x86\inspect.exe

If you can't find the tool in the Windows 10 SDK, you should be able to download and install the Windows 8.1 SDK from the SDK archive page:

Windows and Windows Phone SDK archive

Inspect is available here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\10\bin\10.0.18362.0\x64. Based on version changes you can find it in one of the versions under the x64 folder.

Regarding the second part of the question, about an alternative, I've tested an interesting one that works very well, FlaUInspect. Is targeted for an "automation perspective", giving details useful for writing automated tests for example.

Is open source under an MIT license. Can be found on GitHub.

screen shot of FlaUInspect

if you still do not find inspect.exe:

in program files, locate entry , right click on change: sdk entry

confirm:

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select SDK for UWP:

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check version number in title bar:

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ensure to locate correct version directory:

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then you have it:

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