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Crowning
Crowning

Reputation: 167

Visual Studio 2015: Can't create a new empty project c++

I recently got the new version of Visual Studio and I can't seem to find how to create an empty project for C++. The options seem to be only C# and Basic.

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Upvotes: 8

Views: 41438

Answers (2)

Александр Македонский
Александр Македонский

Reputation: 29

Try to open VS with Admin's rights. I tried it, and it works!

Upvotes: 2

Bogdan Gavril MSFT
Bogdan Gavril MSFT

Reputation: 21448

The default (typical) installation of Visual Studio 2015 no longer contains the C++ compiler and tools. This was a very popular ask from the community as many developers do not want the footprint C++ brings.

If you go and try to uninstall Visual Studio 2015, the installer screen will pop up and you'll see a button named "Modify". This will change your current installation. Do a custom install and pick the C++ features / libraries that you require.

As far as I know, most editions have C++ support, including Express for Windows, Express for Desktop and the popular Community edition.

Upvotes: 20

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