Tried to install buffertools but got a MSB4102 error

Question

I am using Node: 4.8.0/6.11.0, npm: 2.15.11 in Windows 8.1 environment.

Prerequisite:

I have Visual Build Tools installed (http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools)
set msvs_version=2015
set VCTargetsPath="C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\v140"

Here is the problem: when I run npm i buffertools, I got a MSB4102 error

Any idea?

Possible duplicate of [NodeJS - Error installing with NPM](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21365714/nodejs-error-installing-with-npm) — rtn, Jul 29 '17 at 13:21
Please check questions regarding native node modules on windows. — rtn, Jul 29 '17 at 13:22

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '17 at 08:22

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That Import path is messed up, it contains " in the middle of the path, because the vcxproj likely file contains

<Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />

and that now expands to

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\v140"\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.Props because you passed quotes when setting VCTargetsPath.

Are you sure you need to set VCTargetsPath, isn't this done automatically? And in any case, if you set it, omit the quotes.

answered Jul 29 '17 at 08:22

stijn

Thank you for your answer. It is the quote problem. – Terence Jul 29 '17 at 23:39
It is because we have multiple version of MSBuildTools install. I am trying to point it to the right one, which is vs 2015. – Terence Jul 29 '17 at 23:40
stijn nice one! – rtn Jul 30 '17 at 00:33

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