I seem to be completely unable to install the Windows 7 SDK onto my machine, and the only solution I\'ve found on the web is to make a swathe of registry changes. I\'ve done
Do you have access to a PC with Windows 7, or a PC with the SDK already installed?
If so, the easiest solution is to copy the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1 folder from the Windows 7 machine to the Windows 8 machine.
C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1