Make sure that you install the correct version of Visual Studio that is compatible with your MATLAB release:
- Visual Studio 2022 (supported with MATLAB R2021b Update 3 and later)
- Visual Studio 2019 (supported with MATLAB R2019a and later)
- Visual Studio 2017 (supported with MATLAB R2016b and later*)
Note that the Community (free), Professional, and Enterprise editions of Visual Studio 2017, 2019, and 2022 are supported for use with MATLAB/Simulink. Express, Preview and Code editions are not supported. Build Tools for Visual Studio 2022 and 2019 have been supported since MATLAB R2023b.
Reach out to your IT helpdesk for assistance with downloading, installing, and licensing Visual Studio.
While running the installer for Visual Studio, make sure that the "Desktop development with C++" workload is selected, as shown in the screenshot below. This will make sure that the actual Visual Studio C++ (MSVC) compiler and all necessary dependencies are installed on your system.
To verify if this workload is installed for your existing installation, open Visual Studio IDE and go to Tools > Get Tools and Features, which opens the Visual Studio Installer.
Additional Notes:
1) * Support for Visual Studio 2017 can be added to MATLAB R2017a or MATLAB R2016b through a patch. See: Can I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 with MATLAB R2017a or R2016b?
2) To use Visual Studio 2017 with Simulink Real-Time in MATLAB R2020a and earlier, refer to the following MATLAB Answer: How do I set up Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 for SLRT?
3) To download the installers for Visual Studio 2019 & 2017, go to the My Visual Studio Subscriptions portal: https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads
