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setup.py fails on Windows 7 / 64Bit #207

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When I try running setup.py on my machine I get the following error:

(dotnettest) c:\work\git\pythonnet>python setup.py bdist_wheel
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_ext
All packages listed in packages.config are already installed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 354, in <module>
    setup_requires=setup_requires
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\core.py", line 151, in setup
    dist.run_commands()
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 953, in run_commands
    self.run_command(cmd)
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\Users\rnestler\Envs\dotnettest\lib\site-packages\wheel\bdist_wheel.py", line 175, in run
    self.run_command('build')
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 127, in run
    self.run_command(cmd_name)
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 326, in run_command
    self.distribution.run_command(command)
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command
    cmd_obj.run()
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 337, in run
    self.build_extensions()
  File "C:\WinPython27\python-2.7.10\Lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 446, in build_extensions
    self.build_extension(ext)
  File "setup.py", line 180, in build_extension
    manifest = self._get_manifest(dest_dir)
  File "setup.py", line 194, in _get_manifest
    mt = _find_msbuild_tool("mt.exe", use_windows_sdk=True)
  File "setup.py", line 95, in _find_msbuild_tool
    raise RuntimeError("%s could not be found" % tool)
RuntimeError: mt.exe could not be found

Apparently it can't find mt.exe. I have VS2012 installed and mt.exe does exist on my system.

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