React Native Windows with Visual Studio 2026 Insiders

[Tatsukiyoshi]

There is a sample app using the latest version 0.80.0-preview.6 in an environment where Visual Studio 2022 is installed.
I installed Visual Studio 2026 Insiders in this environment and tried running the app I mentioned earlier.
When I ran it, it seemed like some tool was missing, and the following error occurred:

 i Running x64 node on a x64 machine
 i Verbose: ON
Looking for VS installs with version range: [17.11.0,18.0)
Looking for vswhere at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe
 ‼ No public VS release found
 i Trying pre-release VS
Looking for VS installs with version range: [17.11.0,18.0]
Looking for vswhere at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Installer\vswhere.exe
 × Could not find MSBuild with VCTools for Visual Studio 17.11.0 or later. Make sure all required components have been installed
Command failed with error NoMSBuild: Could not find MSBuild with VCTools for Visual Studio 17.11.0 or later. Make sure all required components have been installed
Your telemetry sessionId was 9ca121f86dac01687a97eca2f23a6663
error: script "windows" exited with code 252

I'd like to know if there's a way to check what the problem is.

The environment is as follows:

info Fetching system and libraries information...
System:
  OS: Windows 11 10.0.26220
  CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 5 226V
  Memory: 2.24 GB / 15.52 GB
Binaries:
  Node:
    version: 24.1.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
  Yarn:
    version: 1.22.22
    path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Yarn\bin\yarn.CMD
  npm:
    version: 11.3.0
    path: C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Watchman: Not Found
SDKs:
  Android SDK:
    API Levels:
      - "34"
      - "35"
      - "36"
    Build Tools:
      - 34.0.0
      - 35.0.1
      - 36.0.0
      - 36.1.0
    System Images:
      - android-35 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-36.0-Baklava | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-36.0-CANARY | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-36 | Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
      - android-36 | Pre-Release 16 KB Page Size Google Play Intel x86_64 Atom
    Android NDK: Not Found
  Windows SDK:
    AllowDevelopmentWithoutDevLicense: Enabled
    AllowAllTrustedApps: Enabled
    Versions:
      - 10.0.19041.0
      - 10.0.22621.0
      - 10.0.26100.0
IDEs:
  Android Studio: Not Found
  Visual Studio:
    - 18.0.11005.162 (Visual Studio Community 2026)
Languages:
  Java: 17.0.13
  Ruby:
    version: 3.4.4
    path: C:\Ruby34-x64\bin\ruby.EXE
npmPackages:
  "@react-native-community/cli": Not Found
  react:
    installed: 19.1.0
    wanted: 19.1.0
  react-native:
    installed: 0.80.2
    wanted: ^0.80.0
  react-native-windows:
    installed: 0.80.0-preview.6
    wanted: 0.80.0-preview.6
npmGlobalPackages:
  "*react-native*": Not Found
Android:
  hermesEnabled: true
  newArchEnabled: false
iOS:
  hermesEnabled: Not found
  newArchEnabled: Not found

info React Native v0.81.4 is now available (your project is running on v0.80.2).
info Changelog: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.81.4
info Diff: https://react-native-community.github.io/upgrade-helper/?from=0.80.2&to=0.81.4
info For more info, check out "https://reactnative.dev/docs/upgrading?os=windows".