"This project could not be compiled" Am I doing something wrong?

I feel like I’m doing something wrong, as there’s no way it should require this much troubleshooting just to create a project. I have visual studio 2017, it asked for 2015. Then I had to install the windows 8.1 SDK. Then the windows 10 SDK. Now it’s saying “No 32-bit compiler toolchain found.” Am I installing this in a strange way, or is this all normal?