Hi @benjaminbbq,
Epic Launcher does not, currently support VS2022, only VS2019. The BINARY is built in VS2019. That is why the VS2022 source created is quicker.
The UE Editor can be launched by creating a desktop shortcut as below
You can also launch directly into your project by
You can send the “MyProj.uproject” to the desktop to launch the project in the Editor. It’s in a Blue shortcut
This is something due to appear in Epic Launcher later
much later for version 5.X.y, but is supported in 4. *