Value error trying to install Python for Windows extensions

I have Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 installed already. I downloaded the zip file Python for Windows extensions and extracted the contents into my Python27 folder. There's now a subfolder called pywin32-214. (Is the 32 part a problem? I'm on a 64-bit system.) Here's a transcript from the command line: ``` C:\Python27\pywin32-214>setup.py -q install Building pywin32 2.7.214.0 Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python27\pywin32-214\setup.py", line 2152, in <module> ('', ('pywin32.pth',)), File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\core.py", line 152, in setup dist.run_commands() File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 953, in run_commands self.run_command(cmd) File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "C:\Python27\pywin32-214\setup.py", line 1251, in run install.run(self) File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\install.py", line 563, in run self.run_command('build') File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 326, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "C:\Python27\pywin32-214\setup.py", line 596, in run build.run(self) File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\build.py", line 127, in run self.run_command(cmd_name) File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\cmd.py", line 326, in run_command self.distribution.run_command(command) File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\dist.py", line 972, in run_command cmd_obj.run() File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\command\build_ext.py", line 340, in run self.build_extensions() File "C:\Python27\pywin32-214\setup.py", line 858, in build_extensions self.compiler.initialize() File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 383, in initialize vc_env = query_vcvarsall(VERSION, plat_spec) File "C:\Python27\lib\distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 299, in query_vcvarsal l raise ValueError(str(list(result.keys()))) ValueError: [u'path'] ``` I don't know what to make of this. Help?