TailwindCSS 4.0.6 vite plugin not working

[johnnysedh3lllo]

What version of Tailwind CSS are you using?

4.0.6

What build tool (or framework if it abstracts the build tool) are you using?

vite: 6.1.0

What version of Node.js are you using?

22.13.0

What browser are you using?

Google Chrome 132.0.6834.160

What operating system are you using?

Windows 11

Description

i followed the instructions as noted in the Tailwind CSS documentation, Using Vite tab, however when it got to starting the development server, i got this error

Johnny@johnny MINGW64 ~/Documents/vite-tailwind-project
$ npm run dev

> [email protected] dev
> vite

failed to load config from C:\Users\Johnny\Documents\vite-tailwind-project\vite.config.ts
error when starting dev server:
Error: The specified module could not be found.
\\?\C:\Users\Johnny\Documents\vite-tailwind-project\node_modules\@tailwindcss\oxide-win32-x64-msvc\tailwindcss-oxide.win32-x64-msvc.node
    at Object..node (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1725:18)
    at Module.load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1313:32)
    at Function._load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1123:12)
    at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics_channel:322:14)
    at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:217:24)
    at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1335:12)
    at require (node:internal/modules/helpers:136:16)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Johnny\Documents\vite-tailwind-project\node_modules\@tailwindcss\oxide\index.js:72:29)
    at Module._compile (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1562:14)
    at Object..js (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1699:10)

[philipp-spiess]

Hey! Others have reported similar issues and reported to got it working over at this discussion: #15701

[johnnysedh3lllo]

alright, i will have a look at it and get back to you. i appreciate the immediate response, thank you 🙏🏽.

[johnnysedh3lllo]

hey there @philipp-spiess i just tried the solution in the discussion in the discussion (install Visual C++ Redistributable Runtime 2015 - 2022) and that worked. thank you very much.