Project Creation Failed

Question

Hi,

With VS2008 Beta 2 I can edit existing Windows Forms applications but am unable to create any new ones or web projects or services; the message shown in the status line is "Creating project 'Website1' ... project creation failed".

Answer 1

I have the same problem. in addition I can't creat any type of items like class,interface etc in existing projects.

I think it occur after upgrading some projects  from vs 2005 to 2008 - not sure.

I reinstall - doesn't work.

I can add classes throw Class Diagram.

when I try to add items i got that error-

 

"Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TemplateWizardInterface, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)"

 

 

Thanks

Answer 2

 

Only solution was to de and re install VS 2008 Beta 2. I had reported this as a bug to Microsoft - as did many others - and I also asked them to check with the team that created the code that produced the error to see what check had failed but they merely closed the bug report saying they could not replicate the error.

Answer 3

It appears to occur when you install VS2008 and then install the Guidance Extensions.

 

Here is a link to a manual fix by Peter Bromberg:

http://dotnetslackers.com/Visual_Studio/re-63406_Visual_Studio_2008_ORCAS_Project_Creation_Failed.aspx

 

Alternatively you could use this patch by Michael Harbauer:

 

http://www.codeplex.com/gaxpatch