Finally figured it out...
Something that really hasnt been mentioned on the thread replies is that the c++ installs must be x86, NOT x64.
Click link below and select x86 on install.
*** https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49984 ***
Tried everything i seen from other posts with no solution... See error below.
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