how to fix `VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt` using vs2022 ,help me please.

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• Node Version: 8.1.3
• Platform: Windows
• Compiler: VS2022 windows
• Module:

$ npm install
npm WARN deprecated vscode@1.1.37: This package is deprecated in favor of @types/vscode and vscode-test. For more information please read: https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_36#_splitting-vscode-package-into-typesvscode-and-vscodetest
npm WARN deprecated mkdirp@0.5.1: Legacy versions of mkdirp are no longer supported. Please update to mkdirp 1.x. (Note that the API surface has changed to use Promises in 1.x.)
npm ERR! code 1
npm ERR! path D:\heart\Git\MyVSCode\vs-shell-format\node_modules\keytar
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
npm ERR! gyp info using node-gyp@8.3.0
npm ERR! gyp info using node@16.13.0 | win32 | x64
npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.7 found at "D:\Program Files\Python39\python.exe"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version was set from command line or npm config
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - looking for Visual Studio version 2022
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS unknown version "undefined" found at "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - not found
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS valid versions for msvs_version:
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS
npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Users\heart\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:121:47)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at C:\Users\heart\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:74:16     
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Users\heart\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\nodnpm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:390:28)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1064:16)
npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22499
npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "D:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\heart\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd D:\heart\Git\MyVSCode\vs-shell-format\node_modules\keytar
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v16.13.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.3.0
npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok
npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\heart\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2021-11-17T13_51_11_770Z-debug.log

$ npm --verbose
npm verb cli [
npm verb cli   'D:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
npm verb cli   'C:\\Users\\heart\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
npm verb cli   '--verbose'
npm verb cli ]
npm info using npm@8.1.3
npm info using node@v16.13.0
npm timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 0ms
npm timing config:load:defaults Completed in 1ms
npm timing config:load:file:C:\Users\heart\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\npmrc Completed in 2ms
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npm@8.1.3 C:\Users\heart\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm
npm verb exit 0
npm timing npm Completed in 187ms
npm verb code 1

[walkerlala]

Probably because of the “constrained language mode” of powershell.

node-gyp use a piece of c# code to obtained the information of visual studio:

On my machine, the corresponding javascript file is C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js, which invokes C:\Program Files\nodejs\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\Find-VisualStudio.cs;

However, PowerShell has a “ConstrainedLanguage” mode which prevent evaluation of c# code. See: ConstrainedLanguag, and node-gyp does not print useful information about this…

To workaroud this, try to set the system __PSLockdownPolicy environment variable to 8 and re-launch your cmd or powershell.

[mrudulp]

I have VS 2022 and node-gyp8.4 I still see error

gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
gyp info using node-gyp@8.4.0
gyp info using node@16.13.0 | win32 | x64
gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.5 found at "C:\ProgramData\Miniconda3\python.exe"
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config
gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt
gyp ERR! find VS could not use PowerShell to find Visual Studio 2017 or newer, try re-running with '--loglevel silly' for more details
gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015
gyp ERR! find VS - not found
gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio
gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload.
gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at:
gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows
gyp ERR! find VS **************************************************************
gyp ERR! find VS
gyp ERR! configure error
.....
\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure"

gyp ERR! node -v v16.13.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v8.4.0
gyp ERR! not ok