Visual Studio 2013 Express Not Reconized

Development Pipeline & Plugins
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When i try to build ue4 in visual studio express 2013 i get

1>------ Build started: Project: UE4, Configuration: Development_Editor x64 ------
1>EXEC : error : Visual Studio 2012 or Visual Studio 2013 must be installed in order to build this target.
1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V120\Microsoft.MakeFile.Targets(38,5): error MSB3073: The command "..\..\Build\BatchFiles\Build.bat UE4Editor Win64 Development" exited with code -1.
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 1 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

i’m using win8.1 64bit
i set my solution configuration to Development Editor and solution platforms to 64bit
and i also downloaded and installed direct x June 2010

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Hi NourIX,

What version of Visual Studio Express 2013 are you using?

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I got the same problem, I’m using Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web.
, 64bits.

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Hi ,

Unfortunately Visual Studio Express 2013 for Web will not work with Unreal Engine 4. You will need the version for Windows Desktop. Please try again after installing that version of Visual Studio Express.