VS2005 "Add New Item..." dialog - default item

Question

After installing a third-party SDK, it very discourteously makes one if its templates the default item in "Add New Item..." dialog in Visual Studio 2005. This is also the case for all other similar dialogs - "Add Class...", "Add User Control..." etc.

Is there a way to change this behavior?

Answer 1

Try looking at the registry under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\

I see some relevant entries on my machine under

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0

for VS2008.

Answer 2

I've just noticed this file on my PC:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\VCNewItems\NewItems.vsdir

It's a text file, so you could check if the offending third-party stuff is in there.