"Template store path is invalid: Unexpected path: C:\Program Files (86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Work item Templates

Question

I am on Win 7 64 bit machine

Unable to launch Visual studio 2010 ultimate, getting an below error

"Template store path is invalid: Unexpected path: C:\Program Files (86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Work item Templates

Please advise

Answer 1

Hi rizahmed,

Sounds VS should be reset.

Could you please check your C:\ drive first? Can you manually open that folder yourself?

What if you open VS with admin privilege?

If you can be sure your C:\ dirve do not have permisssion error and files haven't missed, try repair VS from control panel and to the following to reset VS:

Please open an administrative CMD window and navigate to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE and run these commands:
1.devenv.exe /safemode
2.devenv.exe /resetskippkgs
3.devenv.exe /installvstemplates
4.devenv.exe /resetsettings
5.devenv.exe /resetuserdata

Note that the above steps are unrelated and so checking if your issue has been resolved, after every step may help you save time on steps that were not required!

Regards,

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Answer 2

Got the same error, found the fix here on Stack Overflow.  In Tools > Options > Microsoft Team Foundation Server 20XX Power Tools > Work Item Template the default template store path was blank, once it was set Visual Studio started up without errors.