UnrealVS can't find VisualStudio

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I have installed VisualStudio 2013 Express for Desktop and launching the .vsix to install the plugin it says that he can’t find a valid product? Any ideas?

23/03/2014 19.18.18 - Microsoft VSIX Installer
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - -------------------------------------------
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - Initializing Install...
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - Extension Details...
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	Identifier      : ddbf523f-7eb6-4887-bd51-85a714ff87eb
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	Name            : UnrealVS
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	Author          : Epic Games, Inc.
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	Version         : 1.18
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	Description     : Unreal Engine extension for Visual Studio
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	Locale          : en-US
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	MoreInfoURL     : http://epicgames.com/
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	InstalledByMSI  : False
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	SupportedFrameworkVersionRange : [4.5]
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	Supported Products : 
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 		Microsoft.VisualStudio.Pro
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 			Version : [12.0]
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 	References      : 
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 		-------------------------------------------------------
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 		Identifier   : Microsoft.VisualStudio.MPF.12.0
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 		Name         : Visual Studio MPF 12.0
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 		Version      : [12.0]
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 		MoreInfoURL  : 
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 		Nested       : No
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - 
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - Searching for applicable products...
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - Found installed product - Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - Found installed product - Microsoft Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - Found installed product - Global Location
23/03/2014 19.18.18 - VSIXInstaller.NoApplicableSKUsException: This extension is not installable on any currently installed products.
   at VSIXInstaller.App.InitializeInstall()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.InnerInvoke()
   at System.Threading.Tasks.Task.Execute()
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Hi Habaki,

I’m afraid the Visual Studio Express 2013 version does not support IDE plugins so you will not be able to use UnrealVS with that.

Thanks,
Leigh

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Hi, I’m just starting out with using Visual Studio with Unreal Engine. I’ve only worked on blueprint before. As you have mentioned here, I can’t use UnrealVS since I’m using Express 2013 edition. I would like to know if UnrealVS is absolutely necessary to do C++ coding for Unreal. My requirements are limited to compiling a blueprint plugin so that I can have it working in the packaged edition. So can you tell me if I would need UnrealVS to do that?