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Where is project templates?

Hi,I've installed vwd2005 beta2 after uninstalling March preview and now I don't have any Project Templates in "New Project".
What could I do with it?
Thanks.

[168 byte] By [XASD] at [2008-2-8]

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# 1

Hi XASD,

Thank you for reporting this issue.

Could you please try repairing the VWD2005 Beta2 installation? To repair the installation
- Go to http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/vwd/default.aspx
- Click on "Download Now"
- When the setup shows you a dialog with options to repair/remove, select option to repair and run through the rest of the set up

When templates are downloaded properly, you should be able see, for example, the project templates for C#, at
<VWD install directory>\common7\IDE\VWDExpress\Project Templates\Web\CSharp\1033

Hope this helps,
Thanks again,

Suma at 2007-8-21 >

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# 2

I've just downloaded vwdexpress.exe choose "Repair&reinstall",it reinstalled framework(without option to skip this step),reboot,install vwdexpress.
...and same here-no templates in "New Project" dialog though that directory exists and contains zipped templates.I clean up ProjectTemplatesCache-same effect.
Maybe I can somehow reset templates dir?

Thanks.

XASD at 2007-8-21 >

# 3

This is the same problem I've been having for the last week or so. Ironically, this only happens with Visual Studio 2005 C# Express Edition, and not with the Visual Basic Express Edition. This last one installed without any problem.

I also tried using the basic procedure provided at:

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/uninstall/

without any luck. I've installed and re-installed the latest VS C# Express several times, but again I'm still stuck with the same problem of not having any templates.

Any help will be appreciated!

Thanks, eajam

eajam at 2007-8-21 >

# 4

BTW, another piece of information is that when I try to uninstall Visual C#, I get a message box stating that "Setup is unable to determine a valid ordering for the installation. See the error log for further details."

Inside the dd_vserror80 file, I found the following information:
[04/24/05,18:49:55] Dependency Manager: [2] CDependencyManager::ValidateDependencyStates() : Parental dependency is not satisfied for component CSharp Express. Parent dependencies can't be in removing mode.

[04/24/05,18:49:58] setup.exe: [2] ValidateAndCorrectTheInstallOrder() failed in ISetupManager::BuildInstallOrders()

[04/24/05,18:49:58] setup.exe: [2] ISetupManager::BuildInstallOrderFromList() failed in ISetupManager::BuildInstallOrders()

[04/24/05,18:49:58] setup.exe: [2] ISetupManager::BuildInstallOrders() failed in ISetupManager::RunLoadSetup()
Thanks!

eajam at 2007-8-21 >

# 5

I am having a similar problem. I have recently upgraded from Beta 1 to Beta 2. I have created a folder called app_code where I want to save my Data Components. When I try to create a new DC, I don't see DC under the VS Installed Templates.

yaipaaa at 2007-8-21 >

# 6

Project templates for C# Express should be installed in the following location:

\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\VCSExpress\ProjectTemplates\1033\

Are you seeing any files in this directory? Also, are other parts of C# Express working correctly? For instance, can you go to Tools|Import and Export Settings... ? Any information you can give us about the exact steps you went through that got you to this state could help us to diagnose the problem. You could also open a bug at http://labs.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/ to make sure we fix this problem for the final product.

Thanks,
Luke Hoban
Visual C# IDE Program Manager

LukeHoban at 2007-8-21 >

# 7

As I said directory exists and zipped templates too but "New Project" dialog dosen't pick it up even if I place templates in "User templates" dir.Is there any means to somehow "reset" template mechanism?

XASD at 2007-8-21 >

# 8

Hi, did you have a previous version of VS installed prior to installing C# express?

PrasadideSilva at 2007-8-21 >

# 9

Thanks all for reporting these issues. We are investigating these issues. We would really like to get the following information from you. This can help us diagnose the issues better. Some of you have already provided this information on the thread, but for others it is not really clear. (For example, eajam it is not clear for your machine if you have anything other than C# Express installed on your machine. For yaipaaa we would like to confirm that you un-installed Beta 1 and then installed Beta 2 in order to upgrade, right? )

1) What VS version (Beta1\CTP) \SKU (VSTS, Express?) did you have installed before?
2) Did you un-install any VS version\SKU before installing the new VS version or you installed the new Verion\SKU side by side?
3) Which new VS version\SKU did you install?

For XASD, we would like to know if you are refering to "New Web Site" dialog or "New Project" dialog because VWDExpress should not show "New Project" dialog option by default. Do you see the web templates in "New Web site" dialog?

Thanks
Hiren.

hiren at 2007-8-21 >

# 10

To clarify things a little Smile

I had installed VCS and VWD of beta1/February CTP before beta2.Everytime I uninstall/reinstall everything as suggested.Since February CTP(first reinstall) I don't have any project templates-not in VCS nor VWD.Registry Keys/Dirs seems properly cleaned for each step,so no collisions...beside I tried to reinstall several times Smile

"New Web Site" pick up "User templates" in %USERPROFILE% but not default ones and "New Project" always empty.
By the way,what is the difference between "New Web Site"/"New Project"? Smile

XASD at 2007-8-21 >

# 11

XASD, there were some known issues with the Beta1 uninstall and unfortunately even if you follow the exact steps provided in the uninstall guide (http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/uninstall/), you may encounter some issues, including a corrupted template cache.

As a final resort you could try resetting your Beta2 install by running devenv /setup from a command prompt. Please be aware that this will reset all your settings.

If this doesn't fix your problem then the only guranteed way for you to get back to a known good state is to completely clean re-install your machine Sad

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Prasadi de Silva

PrasadideSilva at 2007-8-21 >

# 12

Please see the rest of the thread where several suggestions have been made to resolve this issue.

Thanks,
-Prasadi de Silva

PrasadideSilva at 2007-8-21 >

# 13

Okay, regarding if my machine has any other VS Express programs installed, yes and no. I had both VB and C# Express Beta1 installed, but I uninstalled and upgraded both, including the .NET Beta Framework. There's no problem with VB, just with C#. I actually uninstalled both and only reinstalled C#, and still found the same issue.
This might be a long shot, but I believe that at one point in the first installation of Beta2 it asked me if I wanted to set or reset I don't remember what, and I believe I picked no, and this might have something to do with this issue. I'm saying this because I only saw this message during the first Beta2 installed, and it's like if whatever was set at that point cannot be reset anymore. Who knows?!
Thanks, eajam

eajam at 2007-8-21 >

# 14

It's bad you don't have explicit mechanism to reset cached configuration settings-all caches must be invalidated from time to time.What you mean under "devenv"?There'is no such thing in "express" editions...maybe "VWDExpress.exe /setup" ?

Best wishes.

XASD at 2007-8-21 >

# 15

We are still trying to repro this issue on a clean machine, but so far we haven't had much success. I work on the team that owns the VSTemplate architecture. I would like to get in touch directly with the customers on this thread on email to understand the issue better and try and get more information from you. My email address is hirens@microsoft.com. XASD, eajam I will really appreciate if you can email me. A couple of things I will like to do is:

1) Have you send me the template cache file called cache.bin. We would like to take a look at that file and see if there is any corruption. If you have already not tried to reset your cache by running vwdexpress.exe /setup ( or yoursku.exe /setup) I would suggest don't do that because we would like to see the cache.bin file if possible before we reset it to understand why the templates are not showing up.

2) We log template related errors in the Application event log. You can see this log by doing Control Panel -> Administrative tools - >Event Viewer -> Application log. Look for error messages with a source "VSTemplates". I would also like to get in touch with you and see if the error messages can help us diagnose the problem.

Please get in touch with me on the above email address.

Thanks
Hiren Shah.

hiren at 2007-8-21 >

# 16

Okay, I was able to solve my problem. I got rid of the whole Beta2 install using first the Add or Remove Programs utility. I couldn't get it to remove the C# and VB Express versions I had installed, so I went and erased manually the Visual Studio 8 directory, plus some other stuff I found under Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared. After that I went hunting up and down the Registry for anything that had to do with Beta2 code. It took me several passes. After each one I tested the newly downloaded copy of vcssetup until I finally got it right, and installed it on a different drive. One interesting thing is that both vcssetup and vbsetup Beta2 are completely new this time around. I certainly don't know what has changed, but I know that the beta setup programs are larger than the previous ones. Yep, great investigative work I'll say! ;0) Well, the point is that I'm in baby!

Cheers, Alex

eajam at 2007-8-21 >

# 17

Or, so I thought! Actually, it's never this easy, is it? But just for a moment, I must confess, I thought it was!

Well, now the deal is that I can start VC# Express, select new project and get the window with the "Visual Studio Installed Templates." Woohoo! The problem is that within the project I cannot add other items. That is, I go to the main menu, click the Project menu item, followed by clicking on the various "Add..." items and get the respective form without anything to select. Could you believe this?! ;) Yep, no window form, user control, class, new item or existing item. And yes, I can get Reference and Web Reference just fine. It's the items on top that are the problem.

There's no doubt there was a one step forward and three step backwards from Beta1 to Beta2. Hey, did you guys party hardy the night before Beta2 went out?!!! ;)))

Thanks, Alex

eajam at 2007-8-21 >

# 18

Hi,
I've also the same problem with the C# express (english) missing templates.
In my case, desinstalling the Visual Basic 2005 express FRENCH version did resolve this.
Obvioulsy mixing english and non english version may not be a good idea.
Yannick

f1tim at 2007-8-21 >

# 19

Hi, I have exactly the same problem. Yesterday I installed Visual C# 2005 Express Beta 2 completely new (no other VS products on my computer before).

I also used the basic procedure provided at:

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/uninstall/

without any luck. I've also re-installed VS C# Express from the manual installation kit, but I'm still stuck with the same problem of not having all the templates (only "Class Library", "Empty Project" and "Screen Saver Starter Kit") The zip files are present, though..

Any help will be appreciated!

Thank you in advance,
Will.

wetekom at 2007-8-21 >

# 20

I'm having this problem too, but with VB Express 2005 Beta 2.

I've uninstalled everything except VB itself, and i can't get rid of it, with the same error as mentioned above.

i'd like to try the /setup option, but don't know what file i should be running with that switch, or where to look for it, assuming the filename would be different for an installation of VB as opposed to the C++ from above.

Can anyone tell me which file i should be running?

Milothicus at 2007-8-21 >

# 21

I the same problem of no templates showing up for new project in c# express edition...

I saw the post about someone having a french version and that perhaps that was the problem...

I had a korean version of visual web developer and after removing it like magic I had options to create a new project..

I would strongly recommend that microsoft products adopt the practice of providing a menu for language settings... it may prevent this kind of problem....

sbrownii at 2007-8-21 >

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