: If you have a free Visual Studio Dev Essentials account or a paid subscription, you can still find official ISOs for Visual Studio 2010 Professional and other editions.
Many modern build scripts and native dependencies expect the updated compiler binaries provided in SP1. Download and apply the VS2010 SP1 update after your base installation. Visual Studio 2010 Build Tools V100 Download
Error: MSB8020: The build tools for Visual Studio 2010 (Platform Toolset = 'v100') cannot be found. : If you have a free Visual Studio
If you do not strictly require the 2010 compiler, right-click your project in Visual Studio and select "Retarget solution" Error: MSB8020: The build tools for Visual Studio
Ensuring the path C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Platforms\Win32\PlatformToolsets\v100 exists. Missing .NET Framework 4.0
Some older projects have dependencies that are not binary-compatible with newer MSVC versions. Windows XP Targeting: The v100 toolset natively supports targeting Windows XP
The Visual Studio 2010 Build Tools comprise the standalone MSBuild engine, the MSVC++ 10.0 compiler, linkers, standard libraries, and SDK software development kits shipped with Visual Studio 2010.