What Happened#

CUDA projects that opened fine in VS2022 now error out in VS2026:

The familiar error that appears when CUDA versions don’t match.

Other issues include:

• CUDA-related build tasks and properties not found, causing build errors
• CUDA templates and configuration files (.props, etc.) missing from VS2026
• CUDA Toolkit installer doesn’t recognize VS2026 as a valid “integration target Visual Studio”

The Cause#

According to NVIDIA’s official documentation (CUDA Installation Guide for Windows and cuDNN support matrix):

• Visual Studio 2019
• Visual Studio 2022

Sadly, Visual Studio 2026 is not yet officially supported.

On NVIDIA Developer Forums, there are threads asking:

• “CUDA Toolkit doesn’t detect VS2026 during installation”
• “When will VS2026 be supported?”

Support is apparently still pending.

Current Workaround#

The most stable approach is to keep using Visual Studio 2022 for now.

References#

• CUDA Visual Studio Compatibility