# Cannot Generate Project Files

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-generate-project-files/366527>\
**Category:** Platform & Builds\
**Tags:** build, unreal-engine, editor, question\
**Created:** [August 8, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-generate-project-files/366527 "2016-08-08T19:09:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![anonymous\_user\_41845f4a](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@anonymous\_user\_41845f4a](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/anonymous_user_41845f4a)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-generate-project-files/366527/2 "2016-08-08T19:30:32Z")

</div>

Hello Abbeysaurus,

It could be useful to check the Environment Variable first, which you can see how to do at this page:

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
>
> After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — https://unrealcommunity.wiki/! You will be able to find content from...

As far as checking the registry value, you can do so by opening “Run” from your start menu and typing in “regedit” (without the quotes.) You can then navigate to the location it lists. To give an idea of what it should be set to, my current value is:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE\

---

_[View the full topic](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/cannot-generate-project-files/366527)._