MSBUILD : error MSB4132: The tools version "2.0" is unrecognized. Available tools versions are "4.0".

[landon9720]

I'm setting up Windows 10 running in VirtualBox 5.1 running in macOS Sierra. The intent is to create an environment where I can build and test my project in Windows. I get the above error when running npm i. Here's the full output of my use case:

C:\Users\lanku\src>git clone https://github.com/szwacz/electron-boilerplate.git
Cloning into 'electron-boilerplate'...
remote: Counting objects: 1748, done.
Receiving objects: 100% (1748/1748), 777.20 KiB | 869.00 KiB/s, don
Resolving deltas: 100% (1053/1053), done.


C:\Users\lanku\src>cd electron-boilerplate

C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate>npm i
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@2.0.10: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue
npm WARN deprecated minimatch@0.2.14: Please update to minimatch 3.0.2 or higher to avoid a RegExp DoS issue
npm WARN deprecated graceful-fs@1.2.3: graceful-fs v3.0.0 and before will fail on node releases >= v7.0. Please update to graceful-fs@^4.0.0 as soon as possible. Use 'npm ls graceful-fs' to find it in the tree.

> electron-chromedriver@1.7.1 install C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate\node_modules\electron-chromedriver
> node ./download-chromedriver.js


> weak@1.0.1 install C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate\node_modules\weak
> node-gyp rebuild


C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate\node_modules\weak>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.
MSBUILD : error MSB4132: The tools version "2.0" is unrecognized. Available tools versions are "4.0".
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\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:258:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:125:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:213:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:197:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.15063
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\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate\node_modules\weak
gyp ERR! node -v v8.1.4
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.2
gyp ERR! not ok

> fsevents@1.1.2 install C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate\node_modules\fsevents
> node install


> fcopy-pre-bundled@0.3.4 install C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate\node_modules\fcopy-pre-bundled
> echo ''

''

> electron@1.6.11 postinstall C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate\node_modules\electron
> node install.js


> electron-boilerplate@0.0.0 postinstall C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate
> install-app-deps

⚠️  Please use as subcommand: electron-builder install-app-deps
electron-builder 19.16.0
No native production dependencies
npm notice created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this file.
npm WARN ajv-keywords@2.1.0 requires a peer of ajv@>=5.0.0 but none was installed.
npm WARN electron-boilerplate@0.0.0 No repository field.
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: weak@1.0.1 (node_modules\weak):
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: weak@1.0.1 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Exit status 1

added 850 packages in 145.682s

Here is some more info about my environment:

C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate>node --version
v8.1.4

C:\Users\lanku\src\electron-boilerplate>code --version
1.14.0
b8cd5b9556d8b70ea560d35b903422363f6c5c40

(Please let me know what other information might be helpful.)

I would appreciate any help troubleshooting this issue.

Thanks for this great project! It has saved me countless hours or days getting my project off the ground.

L

[black-snow]

Seems to be an issue with building weak.

This should fix your issue.

Not an electron-boilerplate issue.

[landon9720]

Thank you. Globally installing https://www.npmjs.com/package/windows-build-tools did the trick.