Value error trying to install Python for Windows extensions

Question

I have Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 installed already. I downloaded the zip file Python for Windows extensions and extracted the contents into my Python27 folder. There\'s n

Answer 1

As stated it's trying to use a 32-bit compiler for 64-bit python. I was able to build successfully by:

1. Finding vcvarsx86_amd64.bat in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\x86_amd64 (depends on your setup)
2. Open a cmd prompt
3. Run SET VS90COMNTOOLS=%VS120COMNTOOLS% (depends on setup, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/10558328/2362877)
4. Run vcvarsx86_amd64.bat
5. Then pip install