I wanted to give ADS 2024.1 a try and unfortunately, it is not possible to skip the installation of ARM drivers. I'm not going to be connecting to any device, so it seems odd that I am forced to install "ARM Ltd Ports (COM & LPT", "ARM Ltd Universal Serial Bus controllers" and a series of other drivers for which I don't have associated hardware. If I select "Don't install" on any of these drivers popup, then ADS will rollback everything and refuse to install.
This behaviour didn't exist in previous versions. For some of us, this is a security risk (unknown vulnerabilities/etc) and unhygienic (littering Windows with unwanted software)
Hi SergioMy name is Stephen and I work at Arm.Arm Development Studio 2024.1 includes an updated installer for Windows that resolves the previous installer vulnerabilities CVE-2022-43701, CVE-2022-43702, and CVE-2022-43703. Unfortunately, as you have found, the new GUI installer doesn't allow you to cancel the driver installation in the same way as previous versions did.However, as a workaround, you can use the command-line installer, as documented at:developer.arm.com/.../Install-Arm-Development-Studio-on-Windows-using-the-command-linelike this:msiexec /i "[path-to]\armds-2024.1.msi" SKIP_DRIVERS=1This will install using the GUI, but without the drivers.You also have the option to install silently from the command-line (without the GUI), and not install the drivers.Hope this helps,Stephen
Thanks for the CLI workaround, it looks acceptable for us.