VisualStudioTools Plugin Not Detected When Installed to Engine

Doctor_Kannon
Wed, 12 Nov 2025 05:20:43 +0000
Programming & Scripting

In Visual Studio, the Unreal Engine Integration Configuration asks if we want to add the VisualStudioTools plugin to the Engine or the Project. I selected Engine.

But when I run the Build.bat file, I get the following error message:

Expecting to find a type to be declared in a module rules named 'VisualStudioTools' in 'UE5Rules, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.  This type must derive from the 'ModuleRules' type defined by UnrealBuildTool.

The VisualStudioTools plugin was in the engine files, but not the project files. After copying the VisualStudioTools directory to the project Plugins directory, the Build.bat file ran successfully.

UE 5.5.4, VS 2022 v17.14.20, Win10

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