Visual Studio 2013 unable to create new projects

Question

Installed VS 2013 on Win7 machine but unable to create new projects (VS 2010 is installed). File New project displays the new Project window with empty settings (no templates). Name, Location, and solution can be filled in but Web location can not. The Ok dialog is grayed out. I have repaired the installation and run Devenv /InstallVSTemplates. Any ideas?

Thanks

Answer 1

have you tried repairing visual studio?

Answer 2

Hi Tyler0345,

" I have repaired the installation and run Devenv /InstallVSTemplates."

Do you mean all your templates have the same problem?

Since you have already repaired the installation and Reinstall those templates not work, we may have to perform a clean reinstall. See some steps below:

1. Please download the VS2013 ISO and verify its checksum with this tool http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841290/en-us (The first step is very important)

2. Update Win 7 with all Windows Updates and the latest Service Package. Disable Anti-Virus software.

3. Uninstall the old installation and then install with the new ISO

4. If the error persist, please use  http://aka.ms/vscollect  to gather the installation logs. After using it, you will find vslogs.cab from %temp% folder. Please upload the file to https://skydrive.live.com/  and share the link here.

5. Just want to check this: Have you cleared the ItemTemplatesCache, ProjectTemplatesCache folder when you use the installVSTemplates command?

Regards,

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Answer 3

Uninstalled visual Studio 2013 (has to run twice to complete).

Downloaded the DVD image of Visual Studio 2013 update 2. The checksum matched.

Ran the install. No error messages. But have same problem as before.

Ran the log utility, It crashed.  See link:

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=80D861331236102C!358&authkey=!AADA_xNWhSYmvp4&v=3&ithint=photo%2c.png

Thanks

Answer 4

Hi Tyler0345,

I'm just wondering why a simple collect.exe application will also crash. That tool will collect available logs from %temp% folder and zip logs to vslogs.cab.

Without that log I'm also not able to know the details. What if just type %temp% in your File Explorer and search for the latest installation logs out by filter the installation date time?

Where in my computer it is barryw\AppData\Local\Temp

If you cannot find any logs, may I ask this question: Can other apps work on your computer without problem? Does your computer affected by some virus software these days?

I also want to clarify the following:

"Name, Location, and solution can be filled in but Web location can not. " Does it mean all templates cannot work or it just mean web templates corrupt?

Regards,

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Barry
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Answer 5

Hello,

VS 2013 requires one of the following OS (You have one of these): 1) Windows 8.1 (x86 and x64) 2) Windows 8 (x86 and x64) 3) Windows 7 SP1 (x86 and x64) 4) Windows Server 2012 R2 (x64) 5) Windows Server 2012 (x64) 6) Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (x64).

if you want to create windows application then you need to install

Visual Studio Express 2013 for Windows Desktop enables the creation of desktop apps in C#, Visual Basic, and C++, and supports Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), Windows Forms, and Win32.

or if you want web application then install VS 2013 for Web .

Please install 2012 and Update with latest version this is more compatible with windows 7.

because VS 2013 best for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.

I think this is helpful for you .

thanks 

pramod

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prmdpandit

Answer 6

Directory C:\Users\Default\AppData\Local\Microsoft\VSA had invalid permissions and could not be accessed. This prevented the profile information for the templates from being generated. I corrected the permissions and re-installed VS 2013. It is working now.