fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'basetsd.h'

Question

So i have been trying to install Scrapy for Python for the last couple of days. Trying anything i could think off and read everything i have come across with similar problems,

Answer 1

Deployed below components from VC++ installer. Then try pip install pandas. It worked for me.

C++/CLI support for v142 build tools (14.24)

MSVC v140 - VS 2015 C++ build tools (v14.00)

MSVC v141 - VS 2017 C++ ARM build tools (v14.16)

MSVC v141 - VS 2017 C++ ARM64 build tools (v14.16)

MSVC v141 - VS 2017 C++ x64/x86 build tools (v14.16)

MSVC v141 - VS 2017 C++ x64/x86 Spectre-mitigated libs (v14.16)

C++ 2019 Redistributable Update

C++ Clang Compiler for Windows (9.0.0)

C++ Clang-cl for v142 build tools (x64/x86)

C++ CMake tools for Windows

C++ Modules for v142 build tools (x64/x86 – experimental)