Windows 10: The build tools for v120 (Platform Toolset = 'v120') cannot be found.

[nerijusgood]

When installing package via NPM some module had dependency that fired node-gyp rebuild which spawns tons of errors:

Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.Cpp.Platform.targets(57,5): error MSB8020: The build t
ools for v120 (Platform Toolset = 'v120') cannot be found. To build using the v120 build tools, please install v120 bui
ld tools.  Alternatively, you may upgrade to the current Visual Studio tools by selecting the Project menu or right-cli
ck the solution, and then selecting "Retarget solution". [C:\Users\nerij\Projects\react-browserify-cli\node_modules\bro
wser-sync\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\engine.io-client\node_modules\ws\node_modul
es\utf-8-validate\build\validation.vcxproj]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (c:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:269:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:110:17)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:1074:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 6.3.9600
gyp ERR! command "node" "c:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\nerij\Projects\react-browserify-cli\node_modules\browser-sync\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\socket.io-client\node_modules\engine.io-client\node_modules\ws\node_modules\utf-8-validate
gyp ERR! node -v v0.12.7
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v2.0.1
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing bufferutil@1.1.0
npm WARN optional dep failed, continuing utf-8-validate@1.1.0

This is part of install which gets errors. I fallowed instruction on node-gyp install, however Windows 10 does not allow instal Windows 7 SDKs (I found and installed Windows 10 SDKs, with no efefct). Anyone had same issues?

[perok]

Have you installed visual studio 2015 with visual C++? That helped for me.

[nerijusgood]

The above error is with MVS 2015 C++. Could not do anything here so I completely removed MVS 2015 and installed 2013 C++.

Now it seems to have different error. The error is with too long path names (opened case in stack overflow, since its not node-gyp fault): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31817447/windows-10-node-gyp-cannot-build-msbuild-failed-with-exit-code-1

Any ideas?

[BlackGlory]

I have same problem in Windows 10 with VS2015&SDK.
:-(

[axefrog]

If there were a +1 button, I'd be clicking it myself right now, but there's not, so I'm forced to pollute your issue with my comment. Please accept my humblest apologies. Windows 10 user. VS2015 and VS2013 both installed, and both with C++. utf-8-validate is the offender in my case too.

[musm]

I'm having problems with Windows 10. VS2015 community installed. I get the following error

Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
MSBUILD : error MSB3428: Could not load the Visual C++ component "VCBuild.exe". To fix this, 1) install the .NET Framework 2.0 SDK, 2) install Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or 3) add the location of the component to the system path if it is installed elsewhere.   

[axefrog]

Guys, this worked for me; add GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2013 to your user environment variables.
i.e. right-click start -> system -> advanced system settings -> environment variables -> "user variables for [username]" -> new
Make sure you open a new console after doing this, so that the environment variable addition is picked up.

[uxfed]

@axefrog Thank you!!!!!!

With Windows 8.1 and VS2015 SDK/C++ installed I had to use:

GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2015

(so change the version to what you're using)

[jasonwilliams]

BTW what SDK are people using?
Im still using the one from the readme, if anyone gets this working on Windows 10 i would be ever so grateful if you could write a walkrthough, step by step guide. I've been struggling with this for the past few days now

@pjquinn I now get this error instead:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\CodeAnalysis\Microsoft.CodeAnalysis.targets(214,5): error MSB4175: The task fac
tory "CodeTaskFactory" could not be loaded from the assembly "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll". Cou
ld not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll' or one of its dependencies.
The system cannot find the file specified.

Can anyone help? :(

[uxfed]

Maybe try VS2015 w/ C++ and set env variable: GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2015

I'm on win 8.1 though, not 10

[jasonwilliams]

@pjquinn that didn't work for me :-(

[uxfed]

@Jayflux I also ended up installing beta npm@3 (using 3.3.0 currently), I'm not sure which of the above finally made it work, but it does now, at least on Win 8.1

[jasonwilliams]

@pjquinn finally got it working by uninstalling Visual Studio 2015 and installing 2013, then i ran

set GYP_MSVS_VERSION=2013
npm install --msvs_version=2013

So 2013 deffo works on windows 10, not sure why 2015 fails

[zhaoyao91]

@Jayflux what version of window, vs, and sdk are you using now?