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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"vcbuild fails with non-descriptive error when the registry has stale keys","articleBody":"\u003c!--\r\nThank you for reporting an issue.\r\n\r\nThis issue tracker is for bugs and issues found within Node.js core.\r\nIf you require more general support please file an issue on our help\r\nrepo. https://github.com/nodejs/help\r\n\r\n\r\nPlease fill in as much of the template below as you're able.\r\n\r\nVersion: output of `node -v`\r\nPlatform: output of `uname -a` (UNIX), or version and 32 or 64-bit (Windows)\r\nSubsystem: if known, please specify affected core module name\r\n\r\nIf possible, please provide code that demonstrates the problem, keeping it as\r\nsimple and free of external dependencies as you are able.\r\n-->\r\n\r\n* **Version**: master\r\n* **Platform**: Windows 10 64-bit\r\n* **Subsystem**: build\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- Enter your issue details below this comment. -->\r\nWhen I run `vcbuild` or `vcbuild vs2017`, it results in the following output:\r\n\r\n```\r\nLooking for Visual Studio 2017\r\nFound MSVS version 15.0\r\nC:\\Python27\\python.exe configure  --dest-cpu=x64 --tag=\r\ncreating icu_config.gypi\r\n* Using ICU in deps/icu-small\r\ncreating icu_config.gypi\r\n{ 'target_defaults': { 'cflags': [],\r\n                       'default_configuration': 'Release',\r\n                       'defines': [],\r\n                       'include_dirs': [],\r\n                       'libraries': []},\r\n  'variables': { 'asan': 0,\r\n                 'coverage': 'false',\r\n                 'debug_devtools': 'node',\r\n                 'force_dynamic_crt': 0,\r\n                 'host_arch': 'x64',\r\n                 'icu_data_file': 'icudt59l.dat',\r\n                 'icu_data_in': '..\\\\..\\\\deps/icu-small\\\\source/data/in\\\\icudt59l.dat',\r\n                 'icu_endianness': 'l',\r\n                 'icu_gyp_path': 'tools/icu/icu-generic.gyp',\r\n                 'icu_locales': 'en,root',\r\n                 'icu_path': 'deps/icu-small',\r\n                 'icu_small': 'true',\r\n                 'icu_ver_major': '59',\r\n                 'node_byteorder': 'little',\r\n                 'node_enable_d8': 'false',\r\n                 'node_enable_v8_vtunejit': 'false',\r\n                 'node_install_npm': 'true',\r\n                 'node_module_version': 56,\r\n                 'node_no_browser_globals': 'false',\r\n                 'node_prefix': '/usr/local',\r\n                 'node_release_urlbase': '',\r\n                 'node_shared': 'false',\r\n                 'node_shared_cares': 'false',\r\n                 'node_shared_http_parser': 'false',\r\n                 'node_shared_libuv': 'false',\r\n                 'node_shared_openssl': 'false',\r\n                 'node_shared_zlib': 'false',\r\n                 'node_tag': '',\r\n                 'node_use_bundled_v8': 'true',\r\n                 'node_use_dtrace': 'false',\r\n                 'node_use_etw': 'true',\r\n                 'node_use_lttng': 'false',\r\n                 'node_use_openssl': 'true',\r\n                 'node_use_perfctr': 'true',\r\n                 'node_use_v8_platform': 'true',\r\n                 'node_without_node_options': 'false',\r\n                 'openssl_fips': '',\r\n                 'openssl_no_asm': 0,\r\n                 'shlib_suffix': 'so.56',\r\n                 'target_arch': 'x64',\r\n                 'v8_enable_gdbjit': 0,\r\n                 'v8_enable_i18n_support': 1,\r\n                 'v8_enable_inspector': 1,\r\n                 'v8_no_strict_aliasing': 1,\r\n                 'v8_optimized_debug': 0,\r\n                 'v8_promise_internal_field_count': 1,\r\n                 'v8_random_seed': 0,\r\n                 'v8_use_snapshot': 'true',\r\n                 'want_separate_host_toolset': 0,\r\n                 'want_separate_host_toolset_mkpeephole': 0}}\r\ncreating config.gypi\r\ncreating config.mk\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n  File \"configure\", line 1406, in \u003cmodule>\r\n    run_gyp(gyp_args)\r\n  File \"tools\\gyp_node.py\", line 53, in run_gyp\r\n    rc = gyp.main(args)\r\n  File \"tools\\gyp\\pylib\\gyp\\__init__.py\", line 538, in main\r\n    return gyp_main(args)\r\n  File \"tools\\gyp\\pylib\\gyp\\__init__.py\", line 523, in gyp_main\r\n    generator.GenerateOutput(flat_list, targets, data, params)\r\n  File \"tools\\gyp\\pylib\\gyp\\generator\\msvs.py\", line 2032, in GenerateOutput\r\n    generator_flags))\r\n  File \"tools\\gyp\\pylib\\gyp\\generator\\msvs.py\", line 953, in _GenerateProject\r\n    return _GenerateMSBuildProject(project, options, version, generator_flags)\r\n  File \"tools\\gyp\\pylib\\gyp\\generator\\msvs.py\", line 3378, in _GenerateMSBuildProject\r\n    project_file_name)\r\n  File \"tools\\gyp\\pylib\\gyp\\generator\\msvs.py\", line 2714, in _GetMSBuildGlobalProperties\r\n    _ConfigWindowsTargetPlatformVersion(configuration, version))\r\n  File \"tools\\gyp\\pylib\\gyp\\generator\\msvs.py\", line 311, in _ConfigWindowsTargetPlatformVersion\r\n    return names[0]\r\nIndexError: list index out of range\r\nFailed to create vc project files.\r\n```\r\n\r\nI have a \"v10.0\" key under `HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\WOW6432Node\\Microsoft\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows` (but not under `HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows`). The `ProductVersion` value under it has data \"10.0.15063\" even though I don't have that specific Windows 10 SDK version installed. I might have previously installed and removed it though. Consequently, I don't have a \"10.0.15063\" directory under `C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Windows Kits\\10\\Include`, so [this line](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/d727d5d2cf3182f73c4b8d9b212caba0a6f02930/tools/gyp/pylib/gyp/generator/msvs.py#L309-L310) returns an empty list.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/seishun","@type":"Person","name":"seishun"},"datePublished":"2017-07-06T11:17:44Z","url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/14103"}