As mentioned in the Windows Development Setup instructions we only test with Visual Studio 2015 at the moment. So I would highly recommend you to follow the instructions / stick to the same versions especially when using ROS 2 the first time.
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As mentioned in the Windows Development Setup instructions we only test with Visual Studio 2015 at the moment. So I would highly recommend you to follow the instructions / stick to the same versions especially when using ROS 2 the first time.