CMake: Visual Studio 15 2017 could not find any instance of Visual Studio

Question

When I am trying to install CMake I get the error:

Visual Studio 15 2017 could not find any instance of Visual Studio.

I am using Windows 7

Answer 1

I ran into the same error and performed the following steps to resolve the issue:

1. Open Visual Studio
2. Go to Tools -> Get Tools and Features
3. In the "Workloads" tab enable "Desktop development with C++"
4. Click Modify at the bottom right

These steps resulted in the "Visual C++ tools for CMake" feature being installed, but the other optional C++ features included in this workload may also helpful for what you are trying to do.

After the Visual Studio updater finishes installing try re-running the command. You may need to open a new command window.