Intel® C++ Compiler 18.0 Developer Guide and Reference Supplement for Intel® System Studio 2018
This topic applies to C++ and Windows* only.
To develop Windows* applications with Visual Studio* 2015 and Visual Studio* 2017, you must custom install optional components.
Run the Visual Studio 2015 installer and select Custom as the type of installation. Click Next to select the optional components to install.
If you have already installed Visual Studio* 2015, add optional components by going to Control Panel > Programs and Features > Visual Studio 2015 > Change. In the Visual Studio installer, choose Modify to change the optional components installed.
Under Optional features to install, expand Programming Languages/Visual C++ and select Common Tools for Visual C++ 2015.
Click Install to add the third-party components and install Visual Studio 2015.
Run the Visual Studio 2017 installer and select Custom as the type of installation. Click Next to select the optional components to install.
If you have already installed Visual Studio* 2017, add optional components by going to Control Panel > Programs and Features > Visual Studio 2017 > Change. In the Visual Studio installer, choose Modify to change the optional components installed.
Under Workloads, select Desktop development with C++.
Click Install.
When the Visual Studio* install is complete:
Restart your system.
Install the Intel® C++ Compiler to enable support for the compiler to build Windows* applications with Visual Studio.
To build Windows* applications using the Intel® C++ Compiler from within all supported versions of Visual Studio*:
You are ready to build native Windows* applications in Visual Studio* using the Intel® C++ Compiler.