error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

While 'im2col_cython', encountered thus error on Windows 7. There were several solutions provided but below option only worked for me.

building 'im2col_cython' extension
error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

This post was useful to fix it

Step 1 - Installed Microsoft Visual C++ Compiler for Python 2.7 from https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=44266

Step 2 - In Directory C:\Anaconda2\Lib\distutils, Modified msvc9compiler.py file as below

Compiled as below
python.exe setup.py build_ext --inplace --compiler=msvc

Happy Learning!!!