# compile finished project 

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/compile-finished-project/2386705>\
**Category:** Programming & Scripting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [March 12, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/compile-finished-project/2386705 "2025-03-12T14:57:27Z")\
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Hello there @ProfiNoobRU!

Checking your issue through the community, this problem was encountered in two other threads. Please test their resolution methods for your scenario:

> [@How may I resolve an error "Couldn't find target rules file for target 'ProjectName' when building a project?](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-may-i-resolve-an-error-couldnt-find-target-rules-file-for-target-projectname-when-building-a-project/411707):
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> Hello, I have just started a new project using Unreal Engine 4.18 with nearly nothing in the project and had added a few C++ files to the project. These C++ files worked well in the previous versions of Unreal Engine. Every time I try to compile them I get the following log message and have no idea how to solve this one. I have found a few other posts on the same subject, but nothing relating to the issue dealing with Unreal it self. Please, will some one help me out with this. Here is a copy of…

> [@Couldn't find target rules file for target 'VitrumEditor' in rules assembly](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/couldnt-find-target-rules-file-for-target-vitrumeditor-in-rules-assembly/680055):
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> Running into an issue building project due to missing target rules file for 'VitrumEditor." We’re running a pretty stock version of UE5 and cannot figure out what this would even belongs to. Searches are coming up blank. -Target= VitrumEditor Win64 Development ERROR: Couldn’t find target rules file for target ‘VitrumEditor’ in rules assembly ‘UE5Rules, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null’.

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