visual studio 2022 stopped recognising C++

Question

Today my visual studio 2022 community edition stopped recognizing C++ statements. Until yesterday it was recognizing C++ correctly. It gives errors starting from #include <iostream>. I tried updating to the new version. After updating still it gives errors.

Answer 1

Hi, @Ajay Dhar
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

Glad to know you've resolved this issue! The issue is caused by an incorrectly installed C++ workload.
In visual studio installer:

Project properties:

Best regards,

Minxin Yu

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