Compile Failed when creating blank C++ project

[anonymous_user_ce1653bb]

Couldn’t find a subforum or anything where I could post this sort of thing specifically.

Basically, I’ve just installed Unreal 4.16.2 and I tried creating a blank C++ project, upon which I recieved the following error message:

The project could not be compiled. Would you like to open it in Visual Studio?

Running C:/Program Files/Epic Games/UE_4.16/Engine/Binaries/DotNET/UnrealBuildTool.exe MyProject Development Win64 -project=“C:/Users/Joshua/Documents/Unreal Projects/MyProject/MyProject.uproject” -editorrecompile -progress -NoHotReloadFromIDE
Creating makefile for MyProject (no existing makefile)
Performing full C++ include scan (no include cache file)
@progress push 5%
Parsing headers for MyProjectEditor
Running UnrealHeaderTool “C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject\MyProject.uproject” “C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject\Intermediate\Build\Win64\MyProjectEditor\Development\MyProjectEditor.uhtmanifest” -LogCmds=“loginit warning, logexit warning, logdatabase error” -Unattended -WarningsAsErrors -installed
Reflection code generated for MyProjectEditor in 7.8245592 seconds
@progress pop
Performing 8 actions (4 in parallel)
[3/8] Resource PCLaunch.rc
[2/8] Resource ModuleVersionResource.rc.inl
SharedPCH.Engine.cpp
MyProjectGameModeBase.cpp
MyProject.generated.cpp
MyProject.cpp
[7/8] Link UE4Editor-MyProject.dll
[8/8] Link UE4Editor-MyProject.lib
Creating library C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4Editor\Development\UE4Editor-MyProject.lib and object C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject\Intermediate\Build\Win64\UE4Editor\Development\UE4Editor-MyProject.exp
LINK : fatal error LNK1181: cannot open input file ‘ws2_32.lib’
ERROR: UBT ERROR: Failed to produce item: C:\Users\Joshua\Documents\Unreal Projects\MyProject\Binaries\Win64\UE4Editor-MyProject.dll
Total build time: 60.72 seconds (Local executor: 0.00 seconds)

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

[Kris]

If you haven’t already, google that exact error.
You’ll probably find you’re simply missing a set of libraries or need to repair your VS install.

After that, search the forum or answerhub, such as this.