[Solved] @swc/core throw and other errors on a brand new Windows install.

[xHomu]

Just spent a night trying to get an existing repo working on a brand-new Windows install.

Every time a dependency touches swc/core it throws a random error:

• Error: @swc/core threw an error when attempting to validate swc compiler options.
• @swc Error: unknown field cwd
• module.exports.__wbindgen_error_new

Eventually I come across this comment posted by @rasmusrim in #1351 (comment)_

I know this is a bit old, but I had a similar issue yesterday and just wanted to help anyone stumbling upon this thread because of a similar search.

I solved this problem by installing the Visual C++ redistributables: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

and it works! As it turns out, @swc/core on Windows depends on VC++ redistributable to function. This error won't show up on most machines, since eventually VC++ would be installed for one reason or another. On a brand new Windows 10 install, we weren't so lucky.

Sharing this in case people search for similar swc errors in the future.