MSB3411 Could not load Visual C++ component

Question

I have MS Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate and OS is Windows 7, and have nodeJs installed.I wanted to install socket.io using npm,but I get the following error.

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Answer 1

Install dotnet 3.5, so the websockets may be compiled

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21