I get an error message every time I try to create a new basic code project in 4.10, but it works fine on 4.12. I need to use 4.10 though because i am following a course for c++ in UE4 and I need to stay on the same version as the instructor.
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Hello Overeptic,
Please don’t bump your posts without waiting for 48 hours without a response. Due to how questions are tracked, it’s actually makes your question less likely to be seen.
This could be related to your version of Visual Studio 2015. Can you check your installation and see what “Update” version you’re on? It could be either Update 1, 2, or 3. If you’re on 3, there unfortunately won’t be a way to use 2015 with 4.10. This is due to Microsoft making these updates mandatory.
In this case, I would suggest either using 4.11.2 with the QFE provided here or downloading the 4.10 source from Github which should allow you to use Visual Studio 2013. You can see how to do that here.