downgrading can work but you actually need build tools
gyp ERR! stack Error: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\14.0\bin\MSBuild.exe failed with exit code: 1
Thank you for downloading Visual Studio - Visual Studio since your build tools is older then your node version hence why it might work with older versions.
Also a small tip don’t use OneDrive to have your projects 1, it takes massive space you might also get time outs as windows tries to write to disk and sync to the sky.