title: MSVC2012 with Visual Studio 2017
body: <p>How can I install MSVC 2012 compiler having only Visual Studio 2017?</p>
  
  <p>I tried installing from <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35515" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this link</a>, but it is issuing an error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>0x81f40001 - A valid Visual Studio installation was not found.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>I need MSVC 2012 due to compatibility with a lib we are using.</p>