Paths for installing CUDNN on windows 11

AI & Data Science Deep Learning (Training & Inference) cuDNN
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I’m trying to go through the CUDNN install instructions for windows from Installation Guide - NVIDIA Docs

The instructions say

  1. Copy bin\cudnn*.dll to C:\Program Files\NVIDIA\CUDNN\v8.x\bin.
  2. Copy include\cudnn*.h to C:\Program Files\NVIDIA\CUDNN\v8.x\include.
  3. Copy lib\cudnn*.lib to C:\Program Files\NVIDIA\CUDNN\v8.x\lib.

However, first, the NVIDIA directory didn’t exist, so I assume I had to create it. Then, there’s no lib\cudnn*.lib but there is a lib\x64\cudnn*.lib which I assume is the right one. However, I wasn’t sure if I should place it in \v8.x\lib or \v8.x\lib\x64.

Also, if it matters, I’m using cuda_12.2.1_536.67_windows.exe.

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Yeah, you need to create a C:\Program Files\NVIDIA directory.
About the lib files provided in the cuDNN zip file: For Windows, those files need to replaced with the ones in the x64 folder.

So, yeah, you did everything right.