Brand new empty project does not build.

bg-doritos · June 19, 2026, 2:56pm

hi guys,

pretty new to unreal c++ but im trying to build an empty project but the following errors prevent me from building.

am i missing some VS components? it’s driving me crazy. Any help is appreciated.

VS 2026 18.7.1

Unreal 5.7.4

Win11 10.0.26100

bg-doritos · June 19, 2026, 3:21pm

so, removing the following file solves this:

“%AppData%\Unreal Engine\UnrealBuildTool\BuildConfiguration.xml”

but new ones show up. from what I’ve been tryin so far, it’s better to stick with VS2022 for now.

LinhengXilan · June 20, 2026, 10:54pm

Try install Visual Studio Integration Tool to your project instead of the engine.

bg-doritos · June 23, 2026, 6:00am

Thanks! I did have that installed when using vs2026. And for the xml file I posted above, removing it solved the problem at first, but after a while, I had to remove that file all over again to be able to build. With all these hassles, I am going back to vs2022 now. Pretty smooth so far.