error MSB3411: Could not l oad the Visual C++ component “VCBuild.exe”

Question

I have Visual Studio 2010 with SP1 and Windows sdk 7.1. I also have VS2012 and Windows kit 8.

when i run Windows SDK 7.1 Command Prompt and run no

Answer 1

The answer to all your question lies here. Struggled a lot to find this. Finally got it working. =)

Just to save you time visiting the link here is what's useful in that link.

INSTRUCTIONS:

You can install with npm:

$ npm install -g node-gyp

You will also need to install:

On Unix:

• python (v2.7 recommended, v3.x.x is not supported)

• make A proper C/C++ compiler toolchain, like GCC

On Windows:

• Python (v2.7.3 recommended, v3.x.x is not supported)

• Windows XP/Vista/7: Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2010 (Express version works well)

• For 64-bit builds of node and native modules you will also need the Windows > 7 64-bit SDK

• If the install fails,

  • try uninstalling any C++ 2010 x64&x86 Redistributable that you have installed first.

  • If you get errors that the 64-bit compilers are not installed you may also need the compiler update for the Windows SDK 7.1

Windows 7/8:

• Microsoft Visual Studio C++ 2012/13 for Windows Desktop (Express version works well)

• If you have multiple Python versions installed, you can identify which Python version node-gyp uses by setting the '--python' variable:

$ node-gyp --python /path/to/python2.7

If node-gyp is called by way of npm and you have multiple versions of Python installed, then you can set npm's 'python' config key to the appropriate value:

$ npm config set python /path/to/executable/python2.7

Answer 2

The following has worked for me (as of June 2014), as described in here.

• Install free Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows (not VS Express 2013 for Web)

• npm install --msvs_version=2013

Otherwise, I have spent a lot of time installing old Microsoft packages and patches, and it wasn't helpful.

Answer 3

This can be fixed by installing all the required tools and configurations using Microsoft's windows-build-tools using npm install --global --production windows-build-tools from an elevated cmd (run as administrator).

Answer 4

Setting up the VS2010 and other applications as listed at node-gyp wiki solved the problems.

On Windows XP/Vista/7, node-gyp requires Python 2.7 and Visual Studio 2010

According to the readme file in Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Service Pack 1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1, to ensure that your system has a supported configuration,

uninstall the following products first (if you want to save tons of time)

and then reinstall them in the order listed: (you can uninstall in any order :P)

Visual Studio 2010

Windows SDK 7.1

Visual Studio 2010 SP1

Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Compiler Update for the Windows SDK 7.1

On x64 environments, the last update in the list fixes errors about missing compilers and

error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found.