Project creation failed with VS2008, only on C++ projects

Question

Hi.

Upon installing my copy of VS2008 a few months back, I couldn't make any project at all; I got the well known "project creation failed" error. I saw that devenv config fix, but it was of no use for me: I didn't even have the specific line in the file.

I fixed this for C# and VB by running some lines with SubInACL, but this didn't solve it for C++ projects. Now's the time when I suddenly need to use the C++ functionality of VS2008 and I can't even start a project.

I'm on Vista Ultimate x64 (SP1). Any suggestions?

(Oh, and these forums are a bit confusing, sorry if I posted in the wrong section)

Answer 1

Did you run the Visual Studio with full priviledge by "run as administrator"?
What is the symptom now?

Thanks.

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Answer 2

I already run Windows on an administrator account (with UAC disabled). "Run as administrator" makes no difference at all: it gives the same error (duh?).

Answer 3

To troubleshoot the problem.
 Please try the following to see if the problem still exist:

1. Switch to another Windows User or Create a user account(administrator)

 

2. Reboot into Safemode. 

 

3. Disable Add-Ins if there is any

4. Turn off Anti-Virus software if there is any.

5. Start VS by devenv /log C:\VSstartlog.txt (to see is there any problem when VS launched)

Thanks.

 

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Answer 4

Hi.

I believe I have found the cause of the problem. You can read more about it from here.

After running the fix mentioned in the blog post, VS2008 now works perfect.