When I ran something (such as pip install scrapy) with python 3.7, I got a trouble with
error: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\\VC\\PlatformSDK\\lib'
and I found there is no PlatformSDK in my VS 14.0 at all.
(Update on 24 Jul 2018: I got another error [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v8.1\\lib' when I ran pip install scrapy on another laptop, also Win 10 OS. I'm not sure whether my case is similar to this question's)
Then I got a vs_community.exe source from here and installed Web Developer Tools and Visual Studio Extensibility Tools Update 3 successfully, but still no PlatformSDK.
So how can I get this missing folder and its packages inside it?
Once I had a problem installing another Python program (QARK) that required Windows Visual C++. In fact in cmd / PowerShell I was told that a required version was missing.
So I followed what was written on THIS site, so I didn't have this problem anymore (I also rebooted, for safety):
Install using any ONE of these choices:
Microsoft Build Tools for Visual Studio
Alternative link to Microsoft Build Tools for Visual Studio.
Offline installer: vs_buildtools.exe
Select: Workloads → C++ build tools.
Install options: select only the “Windows 10 SDK” (assuming the computer is Windows 10). Optionally, if you want to use MSVC cl.exe C/C++ compiler from the command line, additionally select the C++ build tools, which takes an additional 2 GB disk space.
After that I didn't have any problems running it.
I hope I have been helpful! 🤞
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I've tried everything, I have the proper version of Python (Python27), Windows SDK 8.1 is installed, Visual C++ is also installed, but the build still fails. I'm using Visual Studio 2015 Community editor btw. When I try to execute node-gyp buildfrom cmd I get the following error:
> C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V110\Microsoft.Cpp.Platform.t
argets(44,5): error MSB8020: The builds tools for v140 (Platform Toolset = 'v14
0') cannot be found. To build using the v140 build tools, either click the Proj
ect menu or right-click the solution, and then select "Update VC++ Projects..."
. Install v140 to build using the v140 build tools. [C:\Users\Programming PC\Do
cuments\GitHub\node-addon-examples\1_hello_world\node_0.10\build\hello.vcxproj]
This error prompted me to go into to Visual Studio and see if the project can at least build and run from there, it doesn't.
Please help I looked at all of the other questions pertaining to this issue but none of their solutions have helped me.
Took a lot of research but I found the solution(s). First, to get rid of the MSB8020 error either add the VisualStudioVersion environment variable and set it to your version of visual studio or execute node-gyp build with this flag /p:VisualStudioVersion=14.0 (In my case).
I actually got different errors after I solved this one and I believe they are well worth mentioning.
Error MSB4175 then showed up, basically indicating that it cannot find Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll (Do a search on this .dll to find out where its usually located), copy and paste it to the path that it's looking for it in.
Now here is the kicker, the last error that interrupts node-gyp is because of a missing .lib file. Npm doesn't create the following file ...\.node-gyp\4.3.1\Debug\node.lib. So you need to go here and download a node.lib and mkdir Debug\ and put node.lib in there.
Afterwards node-gyp should build without errors.
I want to take some of MSDN help files offline on a windows machine which does not have visual studio installed on it. the problem is that I cannot find a way to get and install Help Library manager and Help viewer without installing the visual studio or sql server.
How can I install them without installing the visual studio or sql server?
I just wrote an answer on how to do this for an older question, which can be found here.
For convenience, here are the essential steps to get Help Viewer 2.2 to run without going to the trouble of installing a complete copy of Visual Studio 2015:
Most of the files required by HlpViewer.exe can be found on the Visual Studio DVD in two different MSI packages. By passing some additional command line arguments to msiexec, it's quite easy to install them manually:
msiexec.exe /i help3_vs_net.msi VS_SETUP=1
msiexec.exe /i vs_minshellcore.msi MSIFASTINSTALL="7" VSEXTUI="1"
While this installs most necessary files, it doesn't account for all of them ... to keep things simple, I copied the rest of them from a working installation on another computer:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\HelpLibrary2
Essentially only contains a CatalogType.xml and some empty directories.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Help Viewer\v2.2\CatalogInfo\VS11_en-us.cab
Moreover, it's necessary to provide the application with a valid ContentStore path by importing the following .reg file:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Help\v2.2\Catalogs\VisualStudio14]
"LocationPath"="%ProgramData%\\Microsoft\\HelpLibrary2\\Catalogs\\VisualStudio14\\"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Help\v2.2\Catalogs\VisualStudio14\en-US]
"SeedFilePath"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Help Viewer\\v2.2\\CatalogInfo\\VS11_en-us.cab"
"catalogName"="Visual Studio Documentation"
Finally, I created a new Application Shortcut and changed its Target: to read as follows:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Help Viewer\v2.2\HlpViewer.exe" /catalogName VisualStudio14 /launchingApp Microsoft,VisualStudio,14
Et voilà!, with that HlpViewer.exe should finally execute without any problems!
In MSDN to USB v2.5, you don't have to have any Visual Studio IDE installed:
https://stackoverflow.com/a/66595500/3268088
I know its old question. I just run into a problem involving Help Viewer.
my recovery steps are :
get sqlexress installer (if you haven't got one)
after extracting the files, check its folder and find for "help" folder
I got mine "SQLEXPRWT_x64_ENU\redist\VisualStudioShell\Help\x64"
run install.exe with administration priveleges (Run as Administrator)
all done.
I use Visual Studio 2012 and this is the only version of Visual Studio I have installed. I need to build certain C++ projects with the v90 platform toolset (of Visual Studio 2008), but I can't install Visual Studio 2008.
I understand it is possible to use the v90 platform toolset by installing Windows SDK 7.0. How exactly is it done? If I simply use the web installer of 7.0 SP1, I still don't see v90 as one of the possible platform toolsets.
It is possible, but apparently requires some maneuvering and will not support building MFC applications. The following assumes that VS2012 update 4 is installed, but neither VS2010 nor VS2008 are installed.
Download the x86 DVD of SDK 7.0 SP1 (GRMSDK_EN_DVD.iso). Mount the ISO or extract its contents, and manually install the MSI files from the following folders under the Setup folder:
WinSDK (this may fail, it's ok)
WinSDKBuild
WinSDKInterop
WinSDKTools
WinSDKWin32Tools
vc_stdx86
vc_stdamd64
winsdk_intellidocs
WinSDKIntellisenceRefAssys
WinSDKNetFxTools
Download the x86 DVD of SDK 7.1 (GRMSDK_EN_DVD.iso). Mount the ISO or extract its contents, and manually install the MSI files from the same folders listed above (except winsdk_intellidocs, which doesn't exist).
Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0. Copy the following files from Common7\IDE to VC\bin:
msobj80.dll
mspdb80.dll
mspdbcore.dll
mspdbsrv.exe
Now you should be able to choose the v90 platform toolset in Visual Studio 2012 and build with it.
Explanations (and sources):
Individual MSI installation is based on the second workaround from this connect report.
The requirement for both 7.0 and 7.1 is based on this question (both VS2010 and VS2008 are required to use v90 in VS2012!). SDK 7.1 is not needed if you have VS2010.
DLL/EXE copying requirement is based on yet another question. If you do not copy them, you will see error MSB6006: "CL.exe" exited with code -1073741515.
In addition to this answer I want to add that
You can install SDK 7.0 simply by running setup, there is no problem with it.
You can install SDK 7.1 by running setup, if you remove Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributables first and fix following registry values:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Client]
"Version"="4.0.30319"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full]
"Version"="4.0.30319"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Client]
"Version"="4.0.30319"
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full]
"Version"="4.0.30319"
You can (and probably should) restore these values to whatever they originally were after installation is complete.
Do not forget to install KB2519277 after this, it updates compilers in SDK 7.1 to SP1.
You don't need to copy any dll. MSBuild uses
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VC#ProductDir
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VC#ProductDir
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VS#ProductDir
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\Setup\VS#ProductDir
to set up paths. It's probably wise to fix them to point to "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\VC\\" and "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\\" as it might be useful elsewhere in build process.
Same goes for version 10.0 if you plan to use Windows7.1SDK toolset.
Use WindowsSdkVer.exe to set current SDK to 7.1 to defeat cryptic error in Microsoft.Cpp.x64.Targets(63,5) about missing unnamed required file. If the tool gives you error, then set these values manually:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows#CurrentInstallFolder
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows#CurrentInstallFolder
to point to newly installed SDK. The tool needs some registry keys from Visual Studio installation to work properly, but there are many and I'm not sure which are important.
Reboot. None of the above asks you to, but without reboot I got errors when trying to build a project.
As an aside, SDK7.1 adds v100 toolset, but it won't work, saying something about Could not find WindowsSDKDir variable from the registry. This is because v100 actually requires SDK7.0A which comes with Visual Studio 2010 and is not available separately. Windows7.1SDK toolset is the one which utilises VC2010 compilers if you need them.
Microsoft.Cpp.Win32.*.props files have a lot of relevant stuff if something fails in build system.
One addition/update for VS2013 to Yodans answer:
My working setup:
VS2013 has to use VS2010 libs
Using WinSDK 7.1 (Yodans 2.) build tools (v100) in VS2013
clean install, uninstalling everything mentioned in the sdk release notes (can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8279 under category Details)
Microsoft Windows SDK for Windows 7 (7.1) (the Windows SDK core-component files)
Application Verifier
Debugging Tools for Windows
Windows Performance Toolkit
Microsoft Help Viewer 1.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Standard Edition
Additionally removed all .NET and VC++ related MS Software (not tested if necessary)
choosing Windows7.1SDK as Platform Toolset in VS2013
error MSB6006: "CL.exe" exited with code -1073741515
cl.exe uses msobj100.dll, mspdb100.dll, mspdbcore.dll and mspdbsrv.exe
Added to PATH C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE
Build works and binary is usable ( So now its tested Yodan ;-) )
My mistake:
copied files in 7. above to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin (Yodans 3.), believing this dir is in PATH, but it was not!
So better do as sugested by Yodan and tested by myself in 8. above
p.s. same answer is solving this problem:
Visual Studio 2013: CL.exe exited with code -1073741515
I am getting warnings at the end of my VS2012Pro install that I do not understand and was wondering if anyone else had the same issue or knew of a reason/fix. I receive 2 warnings that are almost identical:
Microsoft Visual Studio Preparation
The system cannot find the file specified.
and
Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 Preparation
The system cannot find the file specified.
I'm installing from an ISO. I've tried mounting with Virtual Clone Drive and just extracting the files with 7-Zip and using the exe. Both scenarios give the warnings.
Any advice? Thanks.
I just installed visual studio 2012 and tried running my C++ project on it.
compilation fails due to missing "SDKDDKVer.h", "windows.h", etc.
I installed the windows 8 sdk from Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows 8, but after successfully running the installer with the default components (including the windows headers), I can't find any include folder under C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0 or C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.0A.
I ran the SDK installer twice + tried to repair and still I can't find any trace of the windows header files.
Did anyone encounter something similar?
what am I missing? my OS is win7 x64. I uninstalled VS2010 before installing VS2012.
thanks,
It's a bug caused by VS2012 using the configuration of VS2010.
You have to manually fix the include libraries to get around this (through the property manager).
The substantial modifications needed are :
adding $(WindowsSDK_IncludePath) to the include paths
adding $(WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x86) or $(WindowsSDK_LibraryPath_x64)
to the library path depending if your building for x84 or x64.
The same problem also exists when you upgrade a VS2010 project to VS2012.
To me, manually fixing the include dirs (see step 1 in previous answer) took care of the problem.