node-argon2: Failed to install [windows 10]

At first npm installing just hanged on. I restarted it again and then it just failed with the error below.

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Steps to reproduce

run npm i -S argon2
… if hangs on => kill the process, run second command again
get the error

Expected behaviour

It is expected to install properly.

Actual behaviour

Throwing error:

error MSB4019: The imported project "E:\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was not found.
Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.

Long:

Project "E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\binding.sln" on node 1 (default targets).
ValidateSolutionConfiguration:
  Building solution configuration "Release|x64".
Project "E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\binding.sln" (1) is building "E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\argon2.vcxproj.metap roj" (2) on node 1 (default targets).
Project "E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\argon2.vcxproj.metaproj" (2) is building "E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\libargon 2.vcxproj" (3) on node 1 (default targets).
E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\libargon2.vcxproj(20,3): error MSB4019: The imported project "E:\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" was
not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.
Done Building Project "E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\libargon2.vcxproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.
Done Building Project “E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\argon2.vcxproj.metaproj” (default targets) – FAILED.
Done Building Project “E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\binding.sln” (default targets) – FAILED.
Build FAILED.
“E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\binding.sln” (default target) (1) ->
“E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\argon2.vcxproj.metaproj” (default target) (2) ->
“E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\libargon2.vcxproj” (default target) (3) ->
E:\pr\realty\node_modules\argon2\build\libargon2.vcxproj(20,3): error MSB4019: The imported project “E:\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props” wa s not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.
0 Warning(s)
1 Error(s)
Time Elapsed 00:00:00.92

Environment

Operating system: Windows 10 Pro Node version: v9.4.0 Compiler version: Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 14.0.23107.0

About this issue

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State: closed
Created 6 years ago
Comments: 16 (6 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

I ran npm install --global --production windows-build-tools and install argon then. It worked fine for me.

ATakaSKY on Mar 9, 2018