Unable to Installing hiredis@0.5.0 on Windows 10 x64

I am trying to install hiredis on a Windows system because it is required by the node-celery package. System is running Node v7.9.0 and npm v4.5.0.

Running

npm install --save hiredis

or

npm install --save hiredis@0.5.0

gives the same build error

> node-gyp rebuild


C:\Users\x\test\node_modules\hiredis>if not defined npm_config_node_gyp (node "C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\bin\node-gyp-bin\\..\..\no
modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js" rebuild )  else (node "" rebuild )
Building the projects in this solution one at a time. To enable parallel build, please add the "/m" switch.
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\Platforms\x64\PlatformToolsets\v140\Toolset.targets(36,5): error MSB8036: The Windows SDK version 8.1 was not found. Install the r
uired version of Windows SDK or change the SDK version in the project property pages or by right-clicking the solution and selecting "Retarget solution". [C:\Users\y\test\node_modules\hiredis\build\deps\hiredis-c.vcxproj]
gyp ERR! build error
gyp ERR! stack Error: `C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\msbuild.exe` failed with exit code: 1
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.onExit (C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\build.js:285:23)
gyp ERR! stack     at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
gyp ERR! stack     at ChildProcess.emit (events.js:194:7)
gyp ERR! stack     at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (internal/child_process.js:215:12)
gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.14393
gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\x\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\x\test\node_modules\hiredis
gyp ERR! node -v v7.9.0
gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v3.6.0
gyp ERR! not ok
npm WARN enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'C:\Users\x\test\package.json'
npm WARN test No description
npm WARN test No repository field.
npm WARN test No README data
npm WARN test No license field.
npm WARN Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\x\test\node_modules'
npm WARN  { Error: EPERM: operation not permitted, rmdir 'C:\Users\x\test\node_modules'
npm WARN   errno: -4048,
npm WARN   code: 'EPERM',
npm WARN   syscall: 'rmdir',
npm WARN   path: 'C:\\Users\\x\\test\\node_modules' }
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE
npm ERR! errno 1
npm ERR! hiredis@0.5.0 install: `node-gyp rebuild`
npm ERR! Exit status 1
npm ERR!
npm ERR! Failed at the hiredis@0.5.0 install script 'node-gyp rebuild'.
npm ERR! Make sure you have the latest version of node.js and npm installed.
npm ERR! If you do, this is most likely a problem with the hiredis package,
npm ERR! not with npm itself.
npm ERR! Tell the author that this fails on your system:
npm ERR!     node-gyp rebuild
npm ERR! You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with:
npm ERR!     npm bugs hiredis
npm ERR! Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via:
npm ERR!     npm owner ls hiredis
npm ERR! There is likely additional logging output above.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\x\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_logs\2017-04-30T21_47_46_151Z-debug.log

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