Select visual studio compiler with mex

I have visual studio 2015 (community) installed. It can compile C++ fine. Do I still need the Windows SDK to use mex, or is there a way for mex to work with my VS installation? It currently does not detect a compiler. Do I need to change an environment variable, or can I explicitly supply a path to mex with the compiler, e.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\VC\bin?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

None of the VS "community" / "express" editions have been supported for the last several years.

I do not know what would be require to change the toolchain. I know it should be easier in newer releases; which MATLAB version are you using?

[Jurgen]

I'm using 2015a. I can't find any options that let me choose the path directly. Seems they only want mex to auto-detect everything? I asked because the SDK doesn't seem to install properly, in my case I'd have to uninstall .NET 4.6 and install .NET 4.0, then revert after installing the SDK...

[Walter Roberson]

Sounds like you are using Windows 10. SDK 7.1 and Windows 10 do not mix easily.