MEX -setup does not see my compiler

I am running R2017a and have a working installation of MS Visual Studio with Visual C++ 2019 on my system.

The MATLAB command

mex -setup

returns an error indicating that there is no compatible compiler.

Error using mex

No supported compiler or SDK was found. You can install the freely available MinGW-w64

C/C++ compiler; see Install MinGW-w64 Compiler. For more options, visit

http://www.mathworks.com/support/compilers/R2017a/.

Is there somthing I must do to get Matlab to recognize my compiler?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

There were very few instances in which a version of MATLAB supported a compiler named with a year later than the release year of MATLAB.

R2017a supported MinGW 4.9.2, MS VC++ 2017 (patch required) (all versions); and the professional versions of MS VC++ 2015, 2013, and 2012 ( not the Community version)

[Jim Riggs]

Thank you sir.