MATLAB: Does MATLAB R2015b support Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Professional for mex compilation

Question

On a Windows 10 Pro 64-bit platform, I've installed Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and then upgraded MATLAB to R2015b since this is a valid combination according to "http://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/R2015b/win64.html".

When running "mex -setup -v", MATLAB R2015b cannot find a compiler and throws the error "No supported compiler or SDK was found."

A closer look at the command windows reveals that MATLAB did find the following registry setting: "Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 14.0 …Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\')"

However, MATLAB then looks for "cl.exe" and this cannot be found: "… Looking for file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin\amd64\cl.exe' …No".

I've searched for the file "cl.exe" on my PC and I cannot find it anywhere.

My Microsoft Visual Studio installation reports:

 Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2015 Version 14.0.24720.00 Update 1
 Microsoft .NET Framework Version 4.6.01038
 Installed Version: Professional
 Visual Basic 2015   XXXXX-XXXXX-03552-AA263 Microsoft Visual Basic 2015
 Visual C# 2015      XXXXX-XXXXX-03552-AA263 Microsoft Visual C# 2015 
 Visual C++ 2015     XXXXX-XXXXX-03552-AA263 Microsoft Visual C++ 2015

Is this the correct tool?

Many thanks

Shaun Cummins

Answer 1

Hi Shaun,

As per the link below, MATLAB R2015b does support Visual Studio 2015 Professional Edition for compilation purposes: http://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/R2015b/index.html

Try uninstalling and re-installing the Visual Studio to see if it helps.