UE4 to recognize Visual Studio on External HD?,

Hello. I’m running a fresh install of Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop, but it’s installed on an external hard drive!

The launcher won’t allow me to create any code projects. “No compiler was found. In order to use a C++ template, you must first install Visual Studio 2013.” I can’t find any options or anything on the launcher, so how do I hook it up and get things working?

I tried searching and most similar problems seem a little more complicated than mine. Thanks

I’ve fixed the issue. You have to go to My Computer, System Properties, Advanced System Settings: click Environment Variables. Here you will find VS120COMNTOOLS. Edit the path to your Visual Studio 2013 / Common7 / Tools folder.

For me this was E:\Visual Studio 2013\Common7\Tools but yours will likely be different. Just make sure it points to your Common7/Tools folder and you’re good to go. This is with Windows 7 and Visual Studio 2013.

Does it have to be on the same drive as unreal engine then? Thanks for you help