Locked out of using UE5 because Visual Studio 2022 Community is not available anymore

[Cameronsplaze]

For me this guide worked great to get VS 2026 working:

|Unreal Engine 5.7 + Visual Studio 2026| Build Engine From Source

This is a quick and definitely dirty fix for anyone trying to build UE 5.7 (5.7.0-release Git Tag to be specific.) with Visual Studio 2026 on Windows 11. For now I have found, that the GenerateProjectFiles.bat script does not work because the UnrealBuildTool gets Compiler and Toolchain versions from configuration files which ask for VisualStudio2022. If you only have Visual Studio 2026, then in a file called VCEnvironment.cs located at Engine/Source/Programs/UnrealBuildTool/Platform/Windows/VCE…

There’s a typo in the very first block, but the rest of the thread shows everything.