Qt Creator did not autodetect MSVC 2015 compilers. Why?

[Teh Me]

Hello. I installed MSVC 2015 build tools from here: http://landinghub.visualstudio.com/visual-cpp-build-tools . Qt Creator did not detect the compilers. Is the trouble in Qt Creator, or do I have to install full Visual Studio to make it see?

[Teh Me]

After reinstalling Qt compilers were found. But is this the only way?

[mrjj]

Hi
Its possible to add manually.
http://doc.qt.io/qtcreator/creator-targets.html

Im not aware /seen info that special detection is used during install
but as have seen as you - kits first being detected with re-install.

[SGaist]

Hi,

No it's not the way, however there was a bug in older versions of Qt Creator that made it failed the detection of Visual Studio 2015. Recent versions should be fixed.