Using MSVC with QT creator: The clangbackend process has finished unexpectedly and was restarted

Question

I'm using Qt Creator 4.7.2 and when I try to make a project using Desktop QT 5.11.2 with MSVC2015 32 bit compiler I get a repeating message under general messages:

Clang Code Model: Error: The clangbackend process has finished unexpectedly and was restarted.

This message is repeating 3 times every second and the text editor is very laggy as well. This only happens when I use the MSVC compiler, it works okay with MinGW. My code is just the basic window code that auto generates when you create a new project. Anyone know how to fix this?

Answer 1

Open Help > About Plugins.... Then, under C++, disable ClangCodeModel.