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Here's a very weird issue I'm having, it was fine a few days ago:

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Any way to fix that?

Basically a template chooser opens after I press OK and nothing else happens.

  • Does it still happen after a reinstall? Have you tried deleting the install directory after uninstalling? – Eric S Nov 18 '16 at 20:48
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    @EricS Didn't reinstalled, thought it might take a quick fix to solve. –  Nov 18 '16 at 20:49
  • Another idea, and just guessing here. Have you tried to reset your default VS settings? It may save a reinstall. – Eric S Nov 18 '16 at 20:53
  • @EricS I believe I haven't touched them since install. I opened up installation menu now and selected repair. –  Nov 18 '16 at 20:54
  • @EricS Recently I installed Office 365, if that helps. –  Nov 18 '16 at 20:57

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Today I experienced the same problem (on Windows 10, VS 2015 Enterprise with 3 updates), even though the initial installation had the full C++ package selected. The fix which worked for me was quite time-consuming (and the suggestions I found online did not help too much). Here's what worked for me:

  1. Navigate to the IDE folder, usually located at C:\Program Files \Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Common7\IDE;
  2. From IDE delete two folders: ItemTemplatesCache, ProjectTemplatesCache;
  3. Open VS 2015 Command Line Tools as administrator. Run the following: devenv /InstallVSTemplates. Then run: devenv /Setup;
  4. Make sure Windows 10 updates were installed correctly by running the Update Troubleshooter (in my case it found and fixed a couple of errors);
  5. Repair VS2015 using the installer;
  6. Once the repair is done, uninstall the redistributables for VS2015 C++;
  7. Install the redistributables from MSDN.

That worked for me. I did have to restart quite often, and used CCleaner to clean up registries after the uninstall process. Depending on your situation, not all the steps may be applicable. I do hope this fix works for you too!

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