title: node gyp error TRACKER : error TRK0005: Failed to locate: "CL.exe". The system cannot find the file specified
body: <p>I want to install bcrypt on a windows 10 machine with visual studio community 2015, Python v2.7.3 installed but i get the following error. </p>
  
  <p>node version v4.2.1
  node-gyp v3.0.3</p>
  
  <pre><code>npm install bcrypt 
  
  
  C:\Users\ASMIN\Desktop\M2\app&gt;npm install bcrypt
  npm WARN package.json eapp@1.0.0 No description
  npm WARN package.json eapp@1.0.0 No repository field.
  npm WARN package.json eapp@1.0.0 No README data
  
  &gt; bcrypt@0.8.5 install C:\Users\ASMIN\Desktop\M2\app\node_modules\bcrypt
  &gt; node-gyp rebuild
  
  
  
  
   C:\Users\ASMIN\Desktop\M2\app\node_modules\bcrypt&gt;if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node
      -gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node  rebuild )
      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.CppBuild.targets(366,5): warning MSB8003: Could not find WindowsSDKDir variable from the registry.  TargetFrameworkVersio
      n or PlatformToolset may be set to an invalid version number. [C:\Users\ASMIN\Desktop\M2\app\node_modules\bcrypt\build\bcrypt_lib.vcxproj]
      TRACKER : error TRK0005: Failed to locate: "CL.exe". The system cannot find the file specified. [C:\Users\ASMIN\Desktop\M2\app\node_modules\bcrypt\build\bcrypt_lib.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:270:23)
      gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:87:13)
      gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:172:7)
      gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:200:12)
      gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.10240
      gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
      gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\ASMIN\Desktop\M2\app\node_modules\bcrypt
      gyp ERR! node -v v4.2.1
      gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.0.3
      gyp ERR! not ok
      npm ERR! Windows_NT 10.0.10240
      npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install" "bcrypt"
      npm ERR! node v4.2.1
      npm ERR! npm  v2.14.7
      npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
  
      npm ERR! bcrypt@0.8.5 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
      npm ERR! Exit status 1
      npm ERR!
      npm ERR! Failed at the bcrypt@0.8.5 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
      npm ERR! This is most likely a problem with the bcrypt package,
      npm ERR! not with npm itself.
      npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
      npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
      npm ERR! You can get their info via:
      npm ERR!     npm owner ls bcrypt
      npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.
  
      npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
      npm ERR!     C:\Users\ASMIN\Desktop\M2\app\npm-debug.log
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