Running Cython in Windows x64 - fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'basetsd.h': No such file or directory

Question

I have been trying to install Cython for Python 2.7 on my Window 7 system. In particular, I prefer everything in 64 bits. (In case you wonder, I need Cython because Cython i

Answer 1

Add these to the visual studio installation directories to your Environment variables

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\Tools

hope it solves the issue.