Hi BytheCandlelight,
You are experiencing the same error as the following posts where C++ common tools were not installed by default when you installed Visual Studios. The following links show you how to “repair” your installation without having to reinstall from scratch:
Cannot generate project files using VS2015
Error occurred while I tried to generate C++ Project
Updating from 4.9 to 4.14 with 2015 Community I get a No 32 bit error
Let me know if this does not resolve your issue,
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