Error while building Simulink model on xpc target: "Could not find target"

The build process works fine with the following software configuration Matlab release: R2013a Compiler: Microsoft Windows SDK 7.1

The build process fails with the following software configuration Matlab Release: R2017b Compiler: Visual Studio 2017 Community.

The build process fails with the followin error message: "Could not find target"

This is a Snapshot of the error message: ### Created DLM ..\..\mot_to_out_xxxx.dlm ### Successful completion of build procedure for model: mot_to_out_xxxx ### Created MLDATX ..\mot_to_out_xxxx.mldatx ### Looking for target: TargetPC1 The call to slrt_make_rtw_hook, during the exit hook generated the following error: Could not find target

The build process will terminate as a result. Caused by: Could not find target

Simulink Real-Time Target Settings Name : TargetPC1 TargetRAMSizeMB : Auto LegacyMultiCoreConfig : on USBSupport : on ShowHardware : off EthernetIndex : 0 TcpIpTargetAddress : TcpIpTargetPort : 22222 TcpIpSubNetMask : 255.255.255.0 TcpIpGateway : 255.255.255.255 TcpIpTargetDriver : Auto TcpIpTargetBusType : PCI TargetScope : Enabled TargetBoot : BootFloppy BootFloppyLocation :