title: error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'
body: <p>Hello guys I went through all solution avaialble on stackoverflow. But none of work for me. Hence posting question.
  <strong>tsconfig.json</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "version":"2.13.0",
    "compilerOptions": {
      "target": "es5",
      "module": "commonjs",
      "sourceMap": true,
      "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,
      "experimentalDecorators": true,
      "removeComments": true,
      "noImplicitAny": false    
    },
    "exclude": [
          "node_modules"
      ]
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>package.json</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "name": "anguapp",
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "Angular2 Gulp Typescript and Express",
    "main": "dist/server.js",
    "scripts": {
      "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" &amp;&amp; exit 1",
      "postinstall": "gulp build"
    },
    "keywords": [],
    "author": "UK",
    "license": "MIT",
    "dependencies": {
      "angular2": "2.0.0-beta.17",
       "es6-promise": "3.2.1",
      "es6-shim": "0.35.1",
      "body-parser":"1.15.2",
      "express": "4.13.3",
      "gulp-concat": "2.6.0",
      "reflect-metadata": "0.1.8",
      "rxjs": "5.0.0-beta.6",
      "systemjs": "0.19.37",
      "zone.js": "0.6.17",
      "mongodb" :"2.2.8",
       "ejs" : "~0.8.5"          
      },
    "devDependencies": {
      "del": "2.2.2",
      "gulp": "3.9.1",
      "gulp-concat": "2.6.0",
      "gulp-sourcemaps": "1.6.0",
      "gulp-typescript": "2.13.0",
      "run-sequence": "1.1.5"
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>While doing gulp i am getting following errors.</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>[12:39:43] Using gulpfile D:\Repository\documents\personal\abha-du\gulpfile.js
  [12:39:43] Starting 'build'...
  [12:39:43] Starting 'clean'...
  [12:39:43] Finished 'clean' after 66 ms
  [12:39:43] Starting 'build:server'...
  [12:39:45] Finished 'build:server' after 2.18 s
  [12:39:45] Starting 'build:index'...
  [12:39:46] Finished 'build:index' after 21 ms
  [12:39:46] Starting 'build:app'...
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/platform/browser.
  d.ts(78,90): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/common/direct
  ives/ng_class.d.ts(72,35): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Set'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/common/pipes/
  async_pipe.d.ts(25,38): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/applicat
  ion_ref.d.ts(38,88): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/applicat
  ion_ref.d.ts(92,42): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/applicat
  ion_ref.d.ts(151,33): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/change_d
  etection/differs/default_keyvalue_differ.d.ts(23,15): error TS2304: Cannot find
  name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/change_d
  etection/differs/default_keyvalue_differ.d.ts(25,16): error TS2304: Cannot find
  name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/di/refle
  ctive_provider.d.ts(103,123): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/di/refle
  ctive_provider.d.ts(103,165): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/linker/c
  omponent_resolver.d.ts(8,53): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/linker/c
  omponent_resolver.d.ts(12,44): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/linker/d
  ynamic_component_loader.d.ts(59,148): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/linker/d
  ynamic_component_loader.d.ts(100,144): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/linker/d
  ynamic_component_loader.d.ts(105,139): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/core/linker/d
  ynamic_component_loader.d.ts(106,135): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/async.
  d.ts(27,33): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/async.
  d.ts(28,45): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(1,25): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'MapConstructor'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(2,25): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'SetConstructor'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(4,27): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(4,39): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(7,9): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(8,30): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(11,43): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(12,27): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(14,23): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(15,25): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(100,41): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Set'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(101,22): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Set'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/collec
  tion.d.ts(102,25): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Set'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.d
  .ts(4,17): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.d
  .ts(5,17): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Set'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/lang.d
  .ts(71,59): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(2,14): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(8,32): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(9,38): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(10,35): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(10,93): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(11,34): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(11,50): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(12,32): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(12,149): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/facade/promis
  e.d.ts(13,43): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/http/headers.
  d.ts(43,59): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/http/url_sear
  ch_params.d.ts(11,16): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/platform/brow
  ser/browser_adapter.d.ts(75,33): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/platform/dom/
  dom_adapter.d.ts(85,42): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Map'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/direct
  ives/router_outlet.d.ts(27,54): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/direct
  ives/router_outlet.d.ts(33,51): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/direct
  ives/router_outlet.d.ts(38,56): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/direct
  ives/router_outlet.d.ts(47,65): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/direct
  ives/router_outlet.d.ts(58,60): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/instru
  ction.d.ts(124,34): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/instru
  ction.d.ts(148,25): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/instru
  ction.d.ts(164,34): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/instru
  ction.d.ts(167,25): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/interf
  aces.d.ts(21,107): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/interf
  aces.d.ts(39,104): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/interf
  aces.d.ts(57,109): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/interf
  aces.d.ts(80,109): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/interf
  aces.d.ts(102,114): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/lifecy
  cle/lifecycle_annotations.d.ts(29,100): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'
  .
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/route_
  config/route_config_impl.d.ts(101,19): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/route_
  definition.d.ts(20,20): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/route_
  definition.d.ts(35,20): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/route_
  registry.d.ts(52,66): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(56,50): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(68,46): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(86,45): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(99,34): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(107,64): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(112,85): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(120,70): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(128,43): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(132,29): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(138,19): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/angular2/src/router/router
  .d.ts(146,70): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/rxjs/Observable.d.ts(10,66
  ): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/rxjs/Observable.d.ts(66,60
  ): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/rxjs/Observable.d.ts(66,70
  ): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/rxjs/operator/toPromise.d.
  ts(7,59): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/rxjs/operator/toPromise.d.
  ts(7,69): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/rxjs/operator/toPromise.d.
  ts(9,9): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/rxjs/operator/toPromise.d.
  ts(10,26): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  D:/Repository/documents/personal/abha-du/node_modules/rxjs/operator/toPromise.d.
  ts(10,36): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'.
  [12:39:47] TypeScript: 86 semantic errors
  [12:39:47] TypeScript: emit succeeded (with errors)
  [12:39:47] Finished 'build:app' after 1.93 s
  [12:39:47] Starting 'build:home'...
  [12:39:47] Finished 'build:home' after 7.17 ms
  [12:39:47] Finished 'build' after 4.23 s
  [12:39:47] Starting 'default'...
  [12:39:47] Finished 'default' after 12 µs
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Please help me to solve these <strong>TS2304: Cannot find name 'Promise'</strong> errors</p>