In your case, V142 build tools was released with VS2019. (x86,圆4)' at the bottom of the 'Optional' section. To install them just select the 'VC++ 2015.3 v140 toolset for desktop Toolset from VS2015 will install side-by-side with the v141 toolset. Will install the latest v141 toolset from VS2017 by default. The Visual C++ build tools workload in the Visual Studio Build Tools Studio and the Visual Studio Build Tools in separate branches that may That happens because we build the full Visual Not match the version in a full VS 2015 install, even though they are You might notice that the compiler toolset build version may
Visual Studio 2015 Update 3 including the most recent servicing Updated the Visual Studio Build Tools to include the v140 toolset from Many of you have told us that you still need the MSVC v140 toolsetįrom Visual Studio 2015 to continue building older codebases. See as well this Microsoft blog posting about build tools for VS2017 and accessing the older v140 from VS2015, Visual Studio Build Tools now include the VS2017 and VS2015 MSVC Toolsets. See Visual Studio 2015 not detecting v141 (2017) Build tools
The bottom line is that you need to install Visual Studio 2019 to access the v142 tools.Īlong with different versions of Visual Studio (VS2015, VS2017, VS2019), Microsoft also releases different build tool versions as they continue to improve the compiler and provide additional capabilities and to meet updated language standards (C++, C++11, C++17, etc.).