Need Help: Unsupported toolset compiler version is not a preferred version error.

kostasp
Fri, 31 Oct 2025 02:12:25 +0000
Programming & Scripting

Hello guys,

I have recently updated my vs 2022 into new version and since then I get the same error while trying to build a game with ue5.5.

1>Available x64 toolchains (2):
1> * C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.44.35207
1> (Family=14.44.35207, FamilyRank=1, Version=14.44.35219, Is64Bit=True, ReleaseChannel=Latest, Architecture=x64)
1> * C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Tools\MSVC\14.38.33130
1> (Family=14.38.33130, FamilyRank=0, Version=14.38.33145, Is64Bit=True, ReleaseChannel=Latest, Architecture=x64)
1>Visual Studio 2022 compiler version 14.44.35219 is not a preferred version. Please use the latest preferred version 14.38.33130

as you can see i downloaded the 14.38 from vs installer but it only gives me me the 33145 and not the preferred one. Any idea how to manually change the toolset or skip the error? In vs2019 i do remember there was option of setting the toolset through vs UI now i cannot find it. That’s really frustrating.

Thanks in advance.

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