Matlab R2017a and Visual C++ 2013 issues (No supported compiler was found)

A few days ago, I ran into problems with Quanser's QuaRC that requires a compatible C++ compiler. I'm using Matlab R2017a.

I reinstalled Visual Studio Ultimate 2013, from the ISO image @

https://my.visualstudio.com/Downloads?q=visual%20studio%202013&wt.mc_id=o~msft~vscom~older-downloads

Regardless of the number of "solutions" I've tried from reading the MathWorks Community, I get the same error message, namely so supported compiler was found. I uninstalled MinGW64 (which was successfully detected) since it is not supported by QuaRC, which requires that I only use Visual C++ 2013 or 2015.. Here is the output that I get from

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>> mex -v -setup

Verbose mode is on.

... Looking for compiler 'Intel C++ Composer XE 2013 with Microsoft SDK 7.1 (C)' ...

<snip>

Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2012 (C)'.

... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Professional (C)' ...

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\').

... Looking for file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\bin\amd64\cl.exe' ...Yes.

... Looking for folder 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC' ...Yes.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1' InstallationFolder ...No.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1' InstallationFolder ...No.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v8.1' InstallationFolder ...Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Kits\8.1\').

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 12.0 ...Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\').

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VC7' 12.0 ...No.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VC7' 12.0 ...No.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VC7' 12.0 ...Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\').

... Looking for environment variable 'VS120COMNTOOLS' ...Yes ('C:\Program Files (x86)\Common7\Tools\').

... Looking for file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe' ...No.

Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Professional (C)'.

... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Professional (C)' ...

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 14.0 ...No.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 14.0 ...No.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 14.0 ...No.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKCU\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\VisualStudio\SxS\VS7' 14.0 ...No.

Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Professional (C)'.

... Looking for compiler 'Microsoft Windows SDK 7.1 (C)' ...

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1' InstallationFolder ...No.

... Looking for registry setting 'HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1' InstallationFolder ...No.

Did not find installed compiler 'Microsoft Windows SDK 7.1 (C)'.

... Looking for compiler 'MinGW64 Compiler (C)' ...

... Looking for environment variable 'MW_MINGW64_LOC' ...No.

Did not find installed compiler 'MinGW64 Compiler (C)'.

Error using mex

No supported compiler or SDK was found.

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Answer 1

[Rishav]

Hi Sridhar,

I understand that you are encountering the "Error using mex. No supported compiler or SDK was found." error.

Please refer to the following similar MATLAB answer:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/312526-visual-studio-2015-and-matlab-2016a